Vancouver Biennale, the Canadian public art exhibition organization, has planned to reveal an art installation that combines physical and digital realities with blockchain technology.
It has been reported that the new Voxel Bridge installation is a blockchain-based augmented reality (AR) experience that can be viewed with iOS or Android devices. According to local enthusiasts, the installation is getting ready for the public launch and will run until spring 2023.
However, the art object is a 1,800 square meter installation by New York-based artist Jessica Angel that explores how public spaces can be constructed and utilized in both digital and physical realities. Shaped in the real world in the form of a massive two-dimensional vinyl mural, the piece also simultaneously exists in augmented reality through the app and resides on a blockchain network.
Angel said:
“Art is a mobilizing force with the power to bridge seemingly dissimilar worlds, and Voxel Bridge exhibits this capacity. This installation transcends the enjoyment of art into a unifying and experimenting effort that enables blockchain technology, AR and public art to examine new ways of interaction.”
The report said that viewers can specifically see, touch, and hear the history of the Kusama Network via twenty different interactive animations, with each of those being represented in the form of a unique nonfungible token (NFT) existing on the blockchain. The NFTs will be sold on the Kusama art marketplace RMRK, with funds directed to offset the cost of producing the project, which reportedly went over-budget at more than $300,000.
The Kusama Council initially proposed the project in October, describing the project as a multidisciplinary piece and a “high impact art installation.”
Thus, a council member stated:
“Voxel Bridge will provide an experiential perspective of the Kusama Network, rather than a technical one.”
Source: Cointelegraph
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