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Digital Occupation of the US Pavilion

An AR Protest at the Venice Biennale


Date
2016

Team
Sara Dean, AR exhibit designer 
Detroit Resists, client and collaborator 
Emily Kulil, 3D designer
Andrew Herscher, advisor

Detroit Resists
In response to the 2016 US Pavilion’s call for large-scale redevelopment strategies in Detroit, Michigan, I worked with Detroit Resists to develop an augmented reality ‘Digital Occupation’ of the Pavilion, as a way for the local activist and architectural communities to be ‘present’ in Venice and included in conversation about the future of the city. 

The installation consists of 3D representations of a activist installations and phrases from Detroit, situated in relationship to the US Pavilion on Google Earth through AR. While at the US Pavilion, visitors could see the installation simultaneous with the commissioned exhibit, as well as receive more information about the work happening in Detroit to combat evictions. The project received international media attention. 


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