Presentation
New Media Architectures: Augmentations of a Vancouver Mural Project
DescriptionA collaboration with the DAC standing committee, this session presents a dynamic conversation exploring “New Media Architecture(s): Vancouver”, a digital media exhibition that brings augmented reality artworks into dialogue with “Heron’s Dreamscape”, a vibrant public mural by artist Priscilla Yu in Vancouver, BC. Curated by Johannes DeYoung, Gustavo Alfonso Rincon, and Miriam Esquitín, the exhibition reimagines the role of public art through digital augmentation, activating the mural as a living interface between place, community, and technology.
This panel features the curators alongside Priscilla Yu in a discussion that delves into the collaborative process behind the exhibition and the evolving relationship between physical murals and digital interventions. Together, they’ll explore how site-specific digital media can expand the narrative capacity of public artworks, deepen community engagement, and reframe our experience of urban environments.
Through an interdisciplinary lens, the conversation will address the potentials and challenges of blending artistic traditions with emerging technologies — and what it means to co-author public space in the digital age.
Audience members will gain insight into the artistic, curatorial, and technical approaches that shaped False Creek Frequencies, while reflecting on the broader cultural impact of art in augmented urban landscapes.
This panel features the curators alongside Priscilla Yu in a discussion that delves into the collaborative process behind the exhibition and the evolving relationship between physical murals and digital interventions. Together, they’ll explore how site-specific digital media can expand the narrative capacity of public artworks, deepen community engagement, and reframe our experience of urban environments.
Through an interdisciplinary lens, the conversation will address the potentials and challenges of blending artistic traditions with emerging technologies — and what it means to co-author public space in the digital age.
Audience members will gain insight into the artistic, curatorial, and technical approaches that shaped False Creek Frequencies, while reflecting on the broader cultural impact of art in augmented urban landscapes.
Organizers
Artist, Curator, Associate Professor
Speakers
Artist, Curator, Associate Professor
Event Type
ACM SIGGRAPH 365 - Community Showcase
TimeTuesday, 12 August 20258:00am - 9:00am PDT
LocationWest Building, Rooms 208-209
Not Livestreamed
Not Recorded
