Temporal hybrids: using augmented reality to re-imagine the affordances of natural objects

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

    Abstract

    This paper discusses two practice-based research projects produced during 2018 that explore how augmented reality (AR) can be used to re-imagine past and future possibilities of the natural world. The two artworks discussed use an innovative approach to the technique of image target detection in AR to transform natural objects into hybrid entities of static and dynamic components comprising both natural and digital elements. Second Nature/Wasteland (2018) is an AR installation with a virtual reality (VR) counterpart, that imagines a world where nature emits digital signals. Sediments (2018) is a site-specific artwork of augmented rocks in the natural landscape. Both works investigate how image target detection can be manipulated to enliven objects in ways that inform imaginative considerations of the complex temporal scales and potential affordances of natural objects in the context of environmental change.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 25th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2019)
    EditorsJuyong Park, Juhan Nam & Jin Wan Park
    Place of PublicationSeoul, Korea
    PublisherISEA International
    Pages504-507
    EditionPeer reviewed
    ISBN (Print)979-11-87275-06-0
    Publication statusPublished - 2019
    Event25th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA 2019) - Gwangju, Korea
    Duration: 1 Jan 2019 → …

    Conference

    Conference25th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA 2019)
    Period1/01/19 → …
    OtherJune 22-28 2019

    Fingerprint

    Dive into the research topics of 'Temporal hybrids: using augmented reality to re-imagine the affordances of natural objects'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

    Cite this