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Explore the augmented reality experience! A step-by-step manual.
Welcome to the world of Augmented Reality Art! The Kyck app allows you to immerse yourself in a captivating AR experience. Follow the simple guide below to explore the AR artwork.

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Step 1: Download the app

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Step 2: Open the App.​

  • Open the app and select 'Continue without login'. You don't have to make an account.

  • Agree to allow Kyck to access photos, videos, and location, if asked.

  • Ready! The app is installed. Close the app.
     

Step 3: Go to the location of the artwork.
New York: Meadow street / corner Bogart street, Brooklyn 
The Netherlands: Vrijthof, Maastricht
Georgia: Rike Park, Tbilisi. 
Kosovo: Skanderbeg Square, Pristina.

 

Step 4: Find the Artwork

Have you arrived? Now click the link of your city (above) a second time. Agree the app to access photos, videos, and location, if asked. Scroll down to find the integrated (Google) Maps feature in the Kyck app. The AR artwork is pinpointed on the map. Walk in the direction of the artwork to begin your immersive experience.

 

Step 5: Experience Now

As you get closer to the artwork's location, a button will appear on your Kyck app with the words 'Experience Now.' This indicates that you are within 200 meters distance of the AR artwork. You will now have immediate access to the artwork!

 

Step 6: Enjoy the Artwork!

​To start the AR art experience, simply click the 'Experience Now' button. Wait patiently (!) until "loading now" and "stabilizing position" is completed. Next, point your phone towards the open space where the artwork is located. If you don't see the artwork right away, take a moment to look around calmly. The AR artwork will come to life, blending the real world with digital art.

Tip: Once you see the AR sculpture, you'll find a button (circle) on your screen. Pressing it automatically takes a photo. And: if you hold it down longer, you'll capture a video:)! Upload your photos and videos to social media and tag P4Freedom

project info

THE SECRET OF THE UNDERGROUND FLOWERS: Resilience, Hope, and Augmented Reality.
This project explores how people in distress can create a parallel universe, offering a source of hope in challenging circumstances. It tells a story about a worldwide underground movement. As a symbol of hope and freedom, people are constructing flowers, built up by the broken pieces of our society. We showcase these pieces through an augmented reality experience in different countries, engaging passersby through their smartphones.

the artistic concept 

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We may be living through times of unprecedented change, but in uncertainty lies the power to influence the future.

That’s why we decided to build underground flowers, constructed from the broken fragments of our existence.

Symbols of hope.
It is important to say what hope is not: it is not the belief that everything was, is or will be fine.
The hope we are interested in locates itself in the premises that
we don’t know what will happen and that in the spaciousness of uncertainty is room to act.

When you recognize uncertainty, you recognize that you may be able to influence the outcomes.

And that’s why we built flowers. In hidden spaces, dark basements and damaged buildings,

but ready to face the daylight.

PROJECT TEAM
Maureen Bachaus: artistic concept 
Jeton Muja: curator & coördinator Eastern Europe

STRUQT B.V: Metaverse, synthetic realities [AR, VR, XR], AI, emerging media 
Metasculptures: product design, prototyping & 3D printing
Deen van Meer: AR tester & photographer NY project
 

This project has been made possible through the invaluable support of: 

STRUQT B.V. struqt.org, the Netherlands , and
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kosovo

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