“Desiderium – What Stood Here: Exploring immersive documentary practice through 3DGS and land art” is an augmented reality land art installation combining a physical artefact, practical lighting, and a real-time 3D AR environment to visualise a representation of one of New Zealand’s least-known environmental atrocities, the loss of 99% of the ngāhere|forest in Banks Peninsula.
During my studies, I worked as a Research Assistant (RA) at the Arts Digital Lab (ADL). That experience didn’t just support me financially after graduating from MADS, it was the bridge that took me from being a student to being an employable professional.
Like all newcomers to New Zealand past and present, I’ve sought to find my place in the land of the long white cloud. But, preoccupied with the coursework for a Master in Strategic Communication at the University of Canterbury, there wasn’t really much time to ponder my place – a student from the Philippines – in this bicultural society.
Our aim is to develop a tool that will allow individuals with personal, familial, cultural, or historical connections to the Residential Red Zone area to tell their story and to reflect on what this space means to them. Seven years on from the 2011 Canterbury earthquakes the future of Christchurch’s Flat Land Residential Red Zone… Read More »Understanding Place: Mapping Memories and Meaning in the Residential Red Zone
The recent fires in the Christchurch Port Hills caused enormous destruction and disturbance to those living in the area. Tragically a life was lost fighting the blaze, and there was major disruption when about 450 houses were evacuated, 11 homes destroyed, and over 1800 hectares scorched in the region between… Read More »Community formation that transcends politics in the age of filter bubbles – an example from Facebook
For the last three years, the UC Arts Digital Lab has been sharing a floor with the College of Arts Office staff and has been invited to enter their Christmas-door decorating competition. This is an invitation that we do not take lightly, mostly due to an over-zealous thirst for competition,… Read More »Santa-fy Yourself
