Vancouver Mural Festival’s Winter Arts

VMF WINTER ARTS

AN AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCE

February 12-28, 2021

This February, VMF WINTER ARTS brings art to life on the streets of Vancouver! Blurring the line between the virtual and physical worlds, VMF Winter Arts transforms public space across Vancouver’s core into an interactive open-air gallery featuring Augmented Reality (AR) art. Download the VMF mobile app to find and explore 20+ AR locations safely with your core bubble. Presented by Vancouver Mural Festival and the Downtown Vancouver BIA. Check out vanmuralfest.ca and @vanmuralfest for details.

IM4 Lab is thrilled to be a part of the Winter Arts to curate 6 Indigenous Artists in the AR festival. These 6 artists include Zachary George, Chrystal Sparrow, Cease Wyss, Kayla Simpson, Tracey Kim Bonneau and Casey Koyczan. The Winter Arts celebrates cutting-edge creativity in augmented reality during the colder months. IM4 Matriarchs along with the selected artist’s artwork will be showcased using Spark AR at various locations around Vancouver’s Downtown core.

We want to acknowledge the amazing contribution from Tim Rolls working with artists Chrystal Sparrow, Zachary George, Cease Wyss, Kayla Simpson and Tracey Kim Bonneau with the technical implementation of their artworks into Spark AR. Tim works at Emily Carr University with the Interaction Design Lab. Tim is hybrid designer with a focus on XR, Machine Learning and Physical Computing.