Projects
Release – unlocking the silences relating to contested statuary
Release – unlocking the silences relating to contested statuary
This project aims to liberate the silences that surround contested statues using augmented reality as a radical form of storytelling.
Our built environment contains many contested statues. The current government guidance relating to contested statues favours a Retain and Explain approach, where they remain in situ, and are explained through interpretation. AR can offer an accessible and dynamic form of storytelling that moves far beyond simple interpretation plaques.
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£5,000
Aims of the project
The project aims to unlock the stories related to contested statues using the creative options made possible through AR. The project aligns with the artist’s practice which is centred on fostering connection and belonging through art. The artist is interested in the democratisation of our public space, and how AR might offer a radical form of place-based storytelling.
The project will allow an exploration of AR technologies and how they can be used as a radical form of storytelling relating to contested statuary. The project will draw together heritage and technology research in an iterative creative process. The anticipated outcome(s) will be a site specific digital intervention, the exact format of which will develop through the course of the project.
As a multidisciplinary artist, the project will help the artist explore an emerging form of technology through which they can communicate their practice and engage audiences in original and accessible ways. A key focus of the research would be to establish the most user-friendly and accessible methods to create new layers of AR interpretation. The thematic focus revolves around connection, belonging, and social cohesion. The project aims to democratise and decolonise the narrative relating to contested statues.
Meet the artist
Daniel Trivedy
Lead artist
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Daniel Trivedy is an multidisciplinary artist of Indian descent based in South Wales. His practice explores themes of identity, connection, and belonging. He is interested in our psychological relationship to each other, and the glue that holds us together.
His recent work ‘A Tiger in the Castle’ responded to the Clive Museum collection, a colonial collection of Indian objects held at Powis Castle. As a multidisciplinary artist, he is constantly seeking to find a balance between materials, ideas, and processes.
