index
agenda
organisations
Wanted: Art students for virtual artwork

The MediaLAB and Your Own Reality (YOR) received the assignment from the Stedelijk Museum to create an innovative tour in which will be experimented with augmented reality. YOR put together a concept for which we are looking for art students who are interested in making a virtual artwork. Select artworks will eventually be used for a special exhibition on the Museumplein in Amsterdam.

What ar we looking for?

What if you can put your artwork anywhere on the streets? What if you are no longer tied to the walls of an art institution? What if you don’t even have to take gravity into consideration? What if you can add audio and video to your art? We are looking for art students who know how to create a proper interpretation. YOR wants to exhibit virtual 3D-artworks in the public space that are visible with the mobile application Layar for the iPhone and Android-based smartphones.

Specifications and features

• Virtual 3D-artwork for augmented reality exhibition on the Museumplein in Amsterdam.
• We will view the artworks through mobile augmented reality browser Layar, available for Android en iPhone.
• When needed, YOR will provide the students with certain guidance for creating 3D with free open source animation software Blender.
• It’s also possible to hand in concepts and concept drawings. These concepts and sketches will be realized in 3D by YOR, provided that the required specifications are met.
• If you decide to realize your own 3D, please take these specifications into consideration: maximum of 10.000 faces, no transparancy, use of textures due to color difference and overexposure iPhone when compared with Android (please notice: the rounder the shapes, the higher the complexity and the higher the amount of faces)
• We are looking for 25 to 30 art students/participants.; Actual exhibition of 15 artworks on the Museumplein

Timeline

 

• Introductionary afternoon for those interested.
• A first design needs to be handed in on April 24, in order for YOR to discuss the progress (with the curators). The deadline for the final concept is May 7.
• YOR will have close contact with the participants and will make short video-biographies. It’s also possible to hand in initial designs for testing purposes on the Museumplein.
• Starting May 7, the curators from the Stedelijk Museum will eventually select 15 artworks.
• Exhibition will take place halfway through May. (Date yet to be confirmed.)

Apply

Interested in making a virtual augmented artwork? You can apply here. For more information, feel free to contact us at stedelijkmedialab[at]gmail.com.