CURRENT – A Multiplayer AR-Sound-Experience
Marine Life arriving at 141 Green Street to prepare for the installation of Current
VISIBLE Now outside the gallery until September 2024
The multiplayer app CURRENT, created by the German artists /p, Anke Schiemann and She’s Excited!, merges the worlds of Augmented Reality (AR) technology, sound art, 3D visuals, and audience engagement. This immersive experience explores the impact of oceanic currents on our planet's climate in a playful way.
The audiences dive into the ocean and follow the oceanic currents into the deep sea. They are surrounded by creatures and plants of the ocean in 3D: Seagulls fly over their heads. Sharks swim by. Kelp whirls. Urchins sit at their feet. When touching these animals and plants in AR, the 3D objects start to move and audio samples are triggered. The mood starts to shift while visitors explore different audio-visual surroundings: Plastic islands swirl, a siren howls, it starts to snow because of dropping temperatures, oil drops are polluting the water. The sounds evoke an imminent crisis.
Through a unique combination of interactive technology, storytelling and the shared creativity of the audience, CURRENT aims to captivate and spark conversations while fostering a deeper connection between interdisciplinary art, nature, and human emotion.
THE ARTISTS
/p is a media artist. /p has a degree in Computer Science and has been working on web based and media art projects since 1994. /p lives in Munich, Germany. In 2018 /p started to collaborate on AR and AI artworks with the artist Tamiko Thiel and other collaborators. /p is gender neutral and uses no pronouns! Website: mission-base.com/p/
Anke Schiemann, a media artist and filmmaker based in Berlin and Munich is interested in exploring new ways of narrative and shaping them into immersive, sensory installations. She experiments primarily with XR and spatialized sound, frequently collaborating with musicians. Anke‘s work deals with themes of hybridization in contemporary technological utopias and speculative futures in the age of the Anthropocene. Website: ankeschiemann.de
Anne Wichmann aka She's Excited! is an award-winning music producer, powerhouse performer and sound artist based in New York City and Munich. She composes music in different realities and develops interactive (sound) showcases that break down the barrier between audience and artist. She is passionate about creating works that are easily accessible for people who are not familiar with new technologies and/or don’t play an instrument. Website: shes-excited.com
Boston Cyberarts summer gaming program
The gaming program is underway at the gallery through Mid-August 2024. 10 teens, 2 college students, 1 instructor. Games to share in August
