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“(It) is the causal dimension, which in turn means that it has the vast nonlocal mesh
that floats “in front of” objects (ontologically, not “physically” in front of them)”
(Morton
2013
).
AR is a new art medium, literally and physically operating in the nonlocal causal
mesh Morton elucidates. At the present moment, AR has two different ways of
being, or documented varieties: by attaching augments to a target (something that is
scanned by a computer, generating an AR object, or POI), or by attaching augments
to a geolocation (your computer knows where it is on Earth, which generates an AR
object/POI). Currently, most developers and artists are using AR browsers, which
are proprietary mobile applications for smart devices.
13.4
Radio Babies
Before looking at some specific AR art projects, which illustrate a flat ontology in
the wilderness—Fig.
13.3
is an artwork by George Ahgupuk, called
Radio Babies
from 1940. It is ink and watercolor on bleached animal skin, with a stitched red
sinew border. The image drawn on the skin depicts a fully clothed newborn flying
Fig. 13.3
Radio babies by George Ahgupuk (
1940
), ink and watercolor on skin (Photo: Anchorage
Museum at the Rasmuson Center)
