Breaking the Screen AR Exhibition
Editorial
Breaking the Screen Exhibition Curator - Jessiсa Angel;
Organization and technical execution - AAMMA & Spheroid Universe AR Platform.
For the Jessica Angel text about “Breaking the Screen,” click here: Breaking the Screen.
Neopatternion, Moods 14, 2021, 3D NFT object in AR. A photograph created in augmented reality using a smartphone, Irvine, USA. Courtesy of the artist.
The show, which exhibits 10 GIGAs (Giant Crypto Art Objects) in 10 cities’ open public spaces in augmented reality, was first presented during the ETHDenver 2021 period, on February 5-12. However, due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions, the exhibition has been extended until the end of May 2021. A total of ten 3D NFT artworks by 10 artists are a part of the exhibition. They have been selected by Jessica Angel as a result of an open call.
Project implementation details:
According to the project terms, each artist selected the city and the area to display their artwork, and provided the organizers with the exact GPS (Global Positioning System) coordinates of the spot of their choice.
Then our magazine’s AR staff examined all the selected places – the radius of the open space, the height and location of the buildings around it, the main potential vantage points, etc., and determined the optimal viewing parameters for each art object, including:
– overall artwork dimensions,
– distance from the ground to the bottom of the object,
– maximum visibility distance (distance to the object at which it appears on the observer’s smartphone screen),
– maximum distance to an object at which the object marker appears on the observer’s smartphone radar, showing the correct direction towards the object.
Having formed the settings, AAMMA transferred them to the Spheroid Universe. Then, Spheroid Universe developers used their cloud AR server, which controls geolocalization (placement of objects at any points on the earth’s surface), to place the virtual objects in the corresponding spots on the Earth. The only thing an observer has to do to physically come to one of these points and see the artwork through the smartphone or tablet screen.
Here are some of GIGA’s most captivating features:
The 2 largest objects, in Berlin, Germany and Irvine, USA, have a maximum cross-section of 200m.
The highest object revolves 400m above the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The same object has the largest visibility distance – 800m.
Here is how you can see the exhibits:
You need to have an Android device and download the free Spheroid Universe XR Hub app. The app is available for Android smartphones that are officially compatible with ARCore (Google Play Services for AR).
Wherever you are, you can use this app to see at least a preview of the exhibition. All 10 art objects will appear in a small size on your screen in Augmented Reality as illustrations for the article about the project.
But you’ll be able to see a GIGA art object through the AR application only if you are physically in this object’slocation, i.e., in one of these 10 cities:
Berlin, Germany; Denver, USA; Guayaquil, Ecuador; Irvine, USA; Madrid, Spain; Paris, France; Poltava, Ukraine; Stockholm, Sweden; Luzern, Switzerland; Willemstad, Curaçao.
To see the GIGA exhibits, you need to be in the vicinity of the object (less than 1 km away from it) at any time up to the end of May 2021.
Check out the GIGA’s descriptions and their exact locations below.
Nils Hansen, Goblet of Malady, 2021, 3D NFT object in AR.
The inscription on the goblets reads: 种瓜得瓜, 种豆得豆, or “sow melon seeds and harvest melons, sow beans and get beans.” Courtesy of the artist.
Object size: 200m Height above ground: 30m
Visibility distance: 200m
Object location:
Tempelhofer Feld,
Tempelhofer Damm, 12101 Berlin, Germany.
GPS coordinates:
52°28’16.2″N 13°24’02.5″E
Yalo, Timid steps, 2021, 3D NFT object in AR.
The abstract form of the object conveys its state to the beholder. It can be considered a message to be bolder and fulfill the purpose of your incarnation! You have everything you need to do this. Your essence is beautiful in all its manifestations, just listen to yourself and accept it! This artwork is an animated sculpture created during the ETHDenver Virtual MakerSpace as a submission for the AAMMA curatorial project. Courtesy of the artist.
Object size: 60m
Height above ground: 15m
Visibility distance: 120m
Object location:
Rotunda of Peoples Friendship,
Poltava, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, 36000
GPS coordinates:
49°34’53.8″N 34°34’10.8″E
Nacho Frades, The Tank, 2021, 3D NFT object in AR.
A colorful tank of water. Courtesy of the artist.
Object size: 150m
Height above ground: 0m
Visibility distance: 100m
Object location:
Replica of the Fountain of the Artichoke,
Plaza del Emperador Carlos V, 28012 Madrid, Spain
GPS coordinates:
40°24’31.0″N 3°41’31.2″W
Matthew Treece, Pricklygoo, 2021, 3D NFT object in AR.
A combination of VR sculpture and wireframe render, Pricklygoo is a form that has explored different places in Augmented Reality, both in nature and the big city. It’s playful and friendly, and its curved form feels familiar yet surreal and abstract. Pricklygoo is a precise, rigorous, logical, yet organic, wavy and vague expression of our lives. Courtesy of the artist.
Object size: 80m
Height above ground: 20m
Visibility distance: 80m
Object location:
Denver art Museum Square, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204, USA
GPS coordinates:
39°44’12.2″N 104°59’19.6″W
xibot | Xavier Iturralde, Cryptonaut Helmet, 2021, 3D NFT object in AR.
For the dreamers, the visionaries, the ones ready for the next moon! Put on the helmet, and let’s create a future together beyond frontiers. Courtesy of the artist.
Object size: 120m
Height above ground: 15m
Visibility distance: 100m
Object location:
Hemiciclo De La Rotonda, Av. 9 de Octubre 100, Guayaquil 090103, Ecuador
GPS coordinates:
2°11’34.6″S 79°52’45.6″W
Thomas Pomarelle, GRLR Basketball, 2020, 3D NFT object in AR.
This is the very first 100% digital merchandise object of the Grolar Universe. It was delivered as a gift to @_defi_. Courtesy of the artist.
Object size: 80m
Height above ground: 10m
Visibility distance: 40m
Object location:
Mariatorget, 118 48 Stockholm, Sweden
GPS coordinates:
59°19’05.3″N 18°03’46.6″E
Spatial.WTF, The Tear, 2021, 3D NFT object in AR.
This three-dimensional sculpture artwork by Spatial.WTF, depicts the moment of one entity splitting into two, a violent tear in seemingly firm material. Courtesy of the artist.
Object size: 170m
Height above ground: 32m
Visibility distance: 100m
Object location:
Torbogen Luzern, Bahnhofpl., 6003 Luzern, Switzerland
GPS coordinates:
47°03’03.2″N 8°18’36.7″
Durk van der Meer, Shaman, 2020, 3D NFT object in AR.
This is one of two versions of the Shaman, and is in the collection of Coldie who bought it on Superare.com. Originally created as a part of Maranga, a virtual open-air museum I created. The archetypal Shaman is the original artist, the medicine man. The emerging crypto-art scene is like a new tribe with its own Shamans. Fun fact: the other version of the Shaman is currently being transformed into an avatar that will live in several online worlds. Courtesy of the artist.
Object size: 70m
Height above ground: 10m
Visibility distance: 100m
Object location:
Museum Curaçao Square,
Blue Bay Curaçao Golf & Beach Resort, Blaauwbaai Landhuis Blaauw z/n, Willemstad, Curaçao
GPS coordinates:
12°08’20.2″N 68°59’24.5″W
HanRGB, CryptoCube#32, 2021, 3D NFT object in AR.
CryptoCubes are algorithmically generated volumetric abstractions known as 3d NFT collectible project on the Ethereum blockchain. Each CryptoCube is a unique output and can be used in Metaverses. Courtesy of the artist.
Object size: 150m
Height above ground: 400m
Visibility distance: 800m
Object location:
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
GPS coordinates:
48°51’29.5″N 2°17’40.2″E
Neopatternion, Moods 14, 2021, 3D NFT object in AR.
Human consciousness cannot be reduced to digital processing. The presence of ‘qualia,’ a distinctive subjective reality that we humans are endowed with, turns investigation of human consciousness, psychology and mind into a fascinating adventure. As we worked on the concept of our object “Moods 14” references to the “Utopia 14” novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. have surfaced. Back in 1952 he foresaw the merging of technology, phenomena of social life and the inner life of human consciousness. All these years people have been pondering over the question of whether this brings more benefit or harm, and no ultimate solution has been suggested so far. We don’t have a ultimate solution, we can only highlight the subject and show its continuity. And even turn it to our advantage – “Moods 14” presented to your attention are not just marked with an exquisite beauty and uniqueness, they also reflect certain inner human states and types of readers that have been introduced by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Courtesy of the artist.
Object size: 200m
Height above ground: 20m
Visibility distance: 100m
Object location:
Langson Library Courtyard, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
GPS coordinates:
33°38’49.6″N 117°50’30.1″W
The app is available for Android smartphones that are officially compatible with ARCore (Google Play Services for AR).
In order to install the Spheroid Universe XR Hub app, scan the QR code or follow the link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.spheroid.spheroidandroid&hl=en_GB
Turn on the application.
Click the “Giga Object Point” button.
Click on the radar icon on the start screen, it will switch on and a radar marker will show you the direction.
Moving towards the radar marker, you will come within the GIGA’s visibility distance, and the GIGA will then appear in front of you.
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