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Fig. 5.10
Hermaton
(Image Courtesy Darf Design
2013
)
Fig. 5.11
McGinness mural augment
(Image Courtesy Heavy Projects
2012
)
AR there is a becoming-action in navigating the work, but the existence of audience
in the space or not is purely incidental, but there is activation of the space.
Two examples of larger architecturally based AR installations are the Heavy
Projects
AR Murals
(Karlin
2011
,Fig.
5.11
) and this author's large-scale
AR
Tapestries
(Lichty
2014b
,Fig.
5.12
). Each deals with architecture and the cultural
histories of the form (the mural and the tapestry) to create a context for the
content. By far, Heavy Projects has the larger body of work as they activate
existing building murals by turning them into the centerpiece for larger spectacular
AR installations. The most notable of these projects were the five murals Heavy
augmented and animated at Art Basel Miami 2012 (by How & Nosm, Aiko, Retna,
Ryan McGinness, and Momo), and even restored via AR one mural that Shepard
