We have the power to
#MakeUsVisible
Curated by @XRE @KatiePeyton @PolinateArt
In March 2022, digital sculptures of gender diverse figures are juxtaposed against statues of men across the five boroughs of New York City. An interactive map guides viewers to 31 virtual monuments shown in Augmented Reality, while an audio tour tells the stories of each sculpture. Using your smartphone screens, you can reveal the true face of the city.
These digital monuments can be viewed from anywhere in the world on our New York City map, launching on March 1st. Through AR filters, you can place this project’s digital sculptures in conversation with monuments in your local town or city. Share your images with our hashtag to #MakeUsVisible around the world
Let’s transform the sculptural landscape of our cities.
To navigate the experience: Step 1: Explore the interactive map with your smartphone.
Step 2: Click on the artworks to learn about the artists and what inspired them to create their work.
Step 3: Click "View in AR" and the digital sculptures/monuments will appear on your smartphone screen.
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| Mary Ann Strandell, "Streaming Hildegard" AR_still image |
IG of Streaming Hildegard for #MakeUsVisable Exhibition:
LINK to XR Ensemble https://www.xrensemble.com/
Full list of participating artists
Mary Ann Strandell: Streaming Hildegard, Augmented Reality over Edwin Booth Monument in Gramercy Park, NYC
Head towards: the main entrance of Gramercy Park at 20th Street (Gramercy Park South) and Irving Place.
The AR work can be viewed pointing at the Edwin Booth monument about 30 feet away,
or outside the fence of Gramercy Park-by launching Hoverlay ap and searching for strandell-polyglots.
Place your phone: Edwin Booth Statue (in the role of Hamlet) in Gramercy Park
This is: Streaming Hildegard
Created by: Mary Ann Strandell
The artist chose the subject: Hildegard Von Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) worked as a writer, composer, philosopher, medical writer, and medical practitioner. One of the earliest identified composers, she is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony, as well as the most recorded in modern history. She is considered a founder of scientific natural history in Germany. Her clairvoyant capabilities channeled valuable knowledge.
Mary Ann Strandell’s interest in the 12th-century mystic and polymath is part of her long-practiced research in herbalism. Hildegard’s work in herbalism informs her current activities of foraging and cultivating plants for nourishment.
“I honor Hildegard of Bingen with my ongoing studio work in painting, 3d lenticular prints, and gifs in this project,” states the artist.
In Streaming Hildegard, these media are interwoven into a moving mélange of blossoms, weeds, and lyrical waveforms, many based on medicinal flora and fauna. It activates upon the monument of actor Edwin Booth, viewed through the gates of Gramercy Park, NYC. Dressed in the role of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Booth gracefully leans out towards the gardens, enclosed in the historic, gated city block. Strandell explains, “I chose this location to activate Streaming Hildegard because of the solace evoked in the view through the courtly iron gates. My participation in #MakeUsVisible celebrates the grandmothers and mothers from my family of origin to my family of choice. I also celebrate my lifelong love of wild spaces, herbal remedies, and medicinal plants. The project premieres new works based on medicinal flora and fauna.”
Special thanks to the artist Will Pappenheimer for technical assistance and his family stories of Gramercy Park.
Music composed by Hildegard Von Bingen, “The Study of Arpeg” circa 1160, is available at @soundcloud #medieval #folk #classical
@maryannstrandell @willpap24 #StreamingHildegard @gramercypark many thank you's to @xmichaelrees
Mary Ann Strandell (b. Watertown, SD) is based in NYC. Her work examines the intersection of nature and technology, as well as how culture is created through painting, 3d lenticular, installation, and animation. Education: MA and MFA University of New Mexico; BFA cum laude, University of South Dakota; Conservation Internship, W. H. Over Museum; Fellowship, Tamarind Institute. Awards: NEA in Painting; Geraldine Dodge Foundation; Public Artwork Fund-NEA; Arts Humanities Grant, 2022 Fellowship NJSAC. Exhibited: De Weiger Museum, NL; Panorama Art, Cologne, DE: FiAC, Paris; St. Louis Art Museum; Michael Steinberg, NY; Juan+Associates, NY: Artport Kingston, NY; Minnesota St. Projects, CA. Recent Commissions: UBER Headquarters, San Francisco, CA; Children's Mercy Research Institute, KC, MO. Recent Acquisitions: APS Museum, Shanghai, China; Albrecht-Kemper Museum, MO.
