This painting was part of my 20-15 solo exhibition #EdinburghHacked connecting paint with AR, morphing, social media, an EEG brainwave scanner and more to create an interactive space that evolved and changed with those who engaged with it.
I produced short films for each painting to capture the essence of the place that it was inspired by and that then could be accessed by scanning the AR artwork, thereby creating a more immersive and multi-sensory experience. I was excited about the notion of a painting connecting people throughout the world and so I added hashtag links to Twitter and Instagram AR buttons for each painting's location or subject thereby enabling those who digitally engaged with it to click the icon and view in real time what others were uploading to Twitter or Instagram ie. their own personal experiences of that location. Through new technology and digital communication I intended to transform paintings, traditionally static images, into evolving, organic works of art that could connect people online and even start conversations between strangers.
