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In 2015, over 300 artists were evicted from their studios in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Gowanus. Blending Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and user-generated content, Cardboard City, is a hands-on, interactive installation that uses these artists’ stories as a jumping-off point. Viewers uncover the stories of Gowanus artists and activists through AR; step inside an artist’s studio in VR; and come together to build a new cardboard city, adding their own buildings, memories, and stories to an ever-evolving cityscape.
The 60-second VR film Cardboard City provides an immersive visit inside the enchanted studio of Brooklyn-based stop motion animator Danielle Ash, who has built a cardboard world inside her studio from the pickle vendor, to the bakery, to the neighborhood bar. As her studio comes to life, viewers find themselves transported inside a cardboard rollercoaster.
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Source: Storify