3345QCA Interdisciplinary Sculpture 4: Contemporary artwork Proposal Draft 2

Opportunity: International exhibition

Working title : Halakh/To know

Artist statement

The nature of digital technology erodes the limits of beurocratic process, conventions, physicallity, gender, geographic location, culture and language. This allows exploration for transending the boundaries of the physical, digital and the spiritual, and focusing on the transendental concerns of the human experience, transformation and divine guidance.

Sculpture details

Halakh is a virtual artwork accessed via a geolocation augmented reality mobile phone application. The application is free and available from the app store and will enable visitors to view and interact with the work.

The artwork will be realised by installing the artwork within major institutions around the world using geolocation placement.

Initially particpants undertake a pilgramage to the geolocation sites, where the augmented reality experiences can be undertaken

To achieve this use a geolocation AR interface allows users to find the nearest location of the artworks. With a distance to artwork included.
While in this mode the user can choose which artwork/experience that they are journeying to. In essence the participant needs to undergo a pilgrimage.

Once the initial site has been reached the map reveals the AR experience and participant are taken on a realitive gps guided walk. This augmented experience is guided along the path by an avatar, and as checkpoints are reached, the visualisation shifts through chromatic hue, saturation and contrast dramatically altering the visual experience.. An audio element of osillating theta wave frequencies and spacial audio of glossolalia accompanies the work and can be listened to through mobile devices and headphones.As the participant moves within the location of the app, the spacial audio component orientates to the paths origin

The application will be hosted by the artists server as well as google play store and apple store and made publicly accessible in kind by the artist. There are no physical space requirements for the artwork as the application is triggered by virtual geolocation markers (refer to image 4). Meaning, that the artwork alters depending on the location of the participant.

A marketing campaign will be included to raise awareness of the works existance due to the nature of augmented reality. In that it is invisible to the naked eye and requires active engagement. This can be provided in kind by the artist and include social media, online news media and printed media publications. Your page in the Swell catalogue would feature detaisl about how to experience the work, however perhaps consider a small billboard, or stand, or other structure that not only functions as instruction but doubles as a ‘physical’ sculpture.

Dimensions (mm) H x W x L: Global

Footprint of Installation (mm x mm): global

Weight (kg): 0

List materials used:

geolocation augmented reality application for iOS, andriod and windows

Sculpture Sale Price incl GST (if applicable) and 33% commission: NA

Individual Sculpture Pricing where individual works are for sale: NA

Artworks to be installed .. AR artworks each starting at different locations within the gallery

Ghosts at GOMA - temporality, ephemerality of the human condition.

transformation walk - text based AR, words that once reached change the filter on the camera view (transformation through journey)

Follow sound, tounges that you follow for a journey (spacial audio)

Images detailing the proposed project

Image source: Geolocation based audmented reality interface URL: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fa/e7/58/fae758f1ce677ee08c3a38b97bab4ba5--location-based-service-smartphone-features.jpg. (Accessed 13 July 2017)