Community Impact

** This project will be displayed at Tūranga Library, Christchurch **

Join Doc Edge for a tour of 6 Community Impact Stories through the Library

64 Ways of Being
Gap Filler, Kris Herbert, Troy Innocent, Vanessa Gray| 2024

64 Ways of Being is an urban art experience that brings Ōtautahi Christchurch's lanes, streets, parks and river to life via audio stories and augmented reality – to create a conversation with the city about its past, present and future.

Players are guided along the banks of the Ōtakaro Avon and through the labyrinth of the city. Along the way, players are prompted to reimagine the world through urban play.

Idyll
Demi Schanzel | 2023 | MMO | Game New Zealand

Best enjoyed after a long day away, the project is a small social world designed around kinder forms of online conversation and connection. Wander around a gentle pastoral island, strike up small conversations with other passing players, and even toss out small letters into the wide-open blue oceans of the internet.

Kabaret
Gina Thorstensen | 2023 | VR Game | Norway

Immerse yourself in an interactive experience that delves into the intricate world of coral's synchronised reproduction resonates with the poignant worries of a solitary shrimp contemplating the uncertain future of its habitat.

Line Rider 
Boštjan Cadež  | 2024 | VR Game | Slovenia

Try the new virtual reality (VR) version of the classic game “Line Rider”. The original game was created in September 2006 by Boštjan Čadež, a Slovenian student. Soon after its initial appearance on DeviantArt, the game became an internet phenomenon, and now Boštjan has made this VR version for a new generation of players.

Natalies Trifecta
Natalie Paneng |2023 | VR Interactive | South Africa

This interactive piece transports the viewer through the different worlds of the multi-disciplinary artist, Natalie Paneng, as they explore her physical studio, virtual gallery and digital dreamscape to experience the whole trifecta.

Night Creatures
Isobel Knowles, Van Sowerwine | 2023 | AR Interactive | Australia

The project is an augmented reality experience celebrating the energy, connection, and intimacy of the film festival queue via animated cinema-goers who take the form of fruit bats. Eight well-dressed stop-motion puppets talk to you about their cinema favourites.