Mel Chin hits Times Square with two pieces, including one using the Microsoft Hololens
When: July 11–September 5; HoloLens available July 11–13
Where: Times Square Broadway Plaza between 46th and 47th Streets
Price: Free
Tags: #augmentedreality
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Unmoored explores a potential future where global warming has gone unchecked — and through mixed reality guests will experience an unprecedented phenomena in the heart of Times Square. Developed in collaboration with Microsoft, Unmoored allows guests to explore this surrealistic spectacle, creating an experience that blends the physical world with the digital world.
Viewers can experience Times Square underwater during the fusion of physical and digital worlds in Unmoored through September 5 on their mobile devices (free app at www.unmoored.nyc) or for three days through a Microsoft HoloLens headset (July 11–13).
A parallel work, Wake, commissioned by the Times Square Alliance, is a presence evoking the hull of a shipwreck crossed with the skeletal remains of a marine mammal bleached by erosion and time. A larger-than-life ship’s figurehead based on Jenny Lind, the superstar of the 19th century, surveys the air above her. While offering a shift from the frenetic energy of the city, these works evoke the city’s triumphs, its grave dark past, and create and a place for contemplation.
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