AR Biennale 2023

[WHAT IS THE AR BIENNALE APP]

* With this app, you can experience ten augmented reality artworks in the Hofgarten and Ehrenhof in Düsseldorf.

* Like Alice in Wonderland, you can take a walk through the Hofgarten and Ehrenhof that is filled with incredible natural encounters, hybrid plant and animal forms and interactive games in augmented reality.

* Be aware that the works can only be viewed on site by scanning the signs in the Hofgarten and Ehrenhof Düsseldorf.

* You can use the app to view the AR artworks as many times as you like throughout the duration (5/14 - 10/29/2023).


[WHAT'S IT ABOUT]

Under the theme of HYBRID NATURE, the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, an international exhibition house for photography, pop and digital culture, is staging the second edition of its AR Biennale from 14 May to 29 October 2023.

Ten international artists and collectives have developed site-specific augmented reality (AR) works that can be only viewed in Düsseldorf’s Ehrenhof and Hofgarten with the help of this app.

The digital works and their speculative, interactive approaches illustrate the various connections between nature, humans and technology and prove that nature is a hybrid.
In the convergence of humans and nature, a multitude of new places and architectures emerge, inviting co-creation, discussion and exploration. Augmented reality is not a technological gimmick; the works in this biennial challenge visitors and create productive ideas for a future beyond their imagination.

Curators:
Judith Winterhager and Sonja Wunderlich

Artists:
Afroscope, Banz & Bowinkel, Nancy Baker Cahill, Felix Giesen, Nadine Kolodziey, Lauren Moffatt, Mélodie Mousset & Eduardo Fouilloux, Filip Markiewicz, Theo Triantafyllidis X MIREVI and Tamiko Thiel and /p

Sponsored by:
District government Nordrhein-Westfalen, Junger Freundeskreis Kunstpalast

Cooperation partners:
TWT, MIREVI Lab Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences


[HOW IT WORKS]

* To experience the AR Biennale, you must be in Düsseldorf.
* Download the app for the price of 7.99 euros.
* Metal signs are installed in the Hofgarten and Ehrenhof for the duration from May 14 to October 29 2023
* Scan the signs with the app to see the AR artworks.
*You can use the app multiple times throughout the duration of the AR Biennale and view the digital artworks again and again.