A sonic augmented reality encounter in Finsbury Park that tells tales of the tree’s past, present and future.
Based on a Tree Story (BOATS) was an augmented reality web app exhibited in Finsbury Park, and was the chosen artwork from the People’s Park Plinth (PPP) vote. You can find out more about our work for PPP here.
Studio Hyte worked closely with artist Bones Tan Jones & Hervisions to produce this intergenerational interactive fantasy experience centred around the trees and non-human ecologies of Finsbury Park. The aim of the AR interaction was to encourage park visitors to navigate through the park in unexpected ways, whilst simultaneously listening to counter-fictional histories of the trees around them. These stories were ‘translated’ and communicated by three mystical AR sprites. These fictional sprite characters offered the user an opportunity to learn about the ecologies of the park through interactive modes of storytelling and walking rituals.
The visual identity took its roots from mystical symbolism – merging and twisting its way into low-fi computer game aesthetics.
