The City of West Hollywood presents an augmented reality (AR) installation by Eyejack on the painted mural You’re All Welcome Here by artist Mike Stilkey at West Hollywood City Hall, located at 8300 Santa Monica Boulevard, through April 2022. Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that superimposes a computer-generated image over a real-world view using a camera on a smartphone. Three unique AR animations designed by Eyejack in consultation with the muralist will come to life through smartphone camera view depending on which group of animals within the painted mural the lens is pointed toward by the viewer.
To experience the augmented reality (AR) installation, the viewer may scan a QR code using a smartphone at the mural location or go to the City’s website at www.weho.org/community/arts-and-culture/visual-arts/art-on-the-outside/you-re-all-welcome-here-mike-stilkey to download the free Eyejack app. Then, in the open app, viewers can hold their smartphone camera aimed at the artwork (for on-site in-person viewing) or an image of the artwork posted on the City’s website to watch the artwork come to life. The Eyejack augmented reality application brings art to life with animation and sound; Eyejack specializes in the curation and distribution of augmented art such as books, posters, event-based AR, street art, murals, and installations.
The mural You’re All Welcome Here by Mike Stilkey (2019) illustrates the City’s all-inclusive joie de vivre with unique animal characters that dance together exuberantly atop a rainbow crosswalk. Mike Stilkey lives and works in Los Angeles. Anthropomorphism is a strong theme in his work, which has been exhibited throughout the United States as well as internationally.
The augmented reality installation by Eyejack and the You’re All Welcome Here mural are Art on the Outside projects organized by the City of West Hollywood’s Arts Division, part of the City’s Economic Development Department. The Art on the Outside program installs rotating temporary artworks on the City’s medians and in parks. The AR installation is anticipated to be on display through April 2022.
Can I use my phone to unsee it?
In the meantime, when you pull your phone out to use it you will be robbed at gun point and or shot. That is the priorities of City Council. We have a crime pandemic going on and cutesy stuff is their priority.
Damn, I guess you should just stay at home then.
Totally agree. (Now watch green-eyed ghoul make a comment in 5…4…3…. Lol
QR codes will be the death of privacy.
Alas, I do NOT have a cellphone.
What would Ham Shipey say?
BAH, Humbug.