Smartphones and QR Codes Feature at Auckland's Sculpture On The Gulf

 headland SCULPTURE ON THE GULF is New Zealand’s leading contemporary outdoor sculpture exhibition set on a spectacular coastal walkway on Waiheke Island in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf. This year the event has two sculptures out of the 30 that requires you to use your smartphone to scan a QR code to get further information about the exhibit and interact with that instillation in a special way.The first is called I am Auckland by Aaron McConchie.

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It requires three viewers at a time to work together to position mechanical signs that form a QR code. Using a smartphone, a fourth viewer can then access a dynamically driven website that extracts streaming information from around Auckland's Twittersphere. With no positive stops on the levers, a process of direction and negotiation between active participants in necessary.The second is called In Case of Emergency LIKE this page by Trish Clarke.

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In 20122 NZ watched on in horror as an oil spill occured off the coast of Tauranga, caused by the grounding of MV Rena on the Astrolabe. Because it happened the same day that Steve Jobs died and the Occupy Wall St movement was dominating headlines, it took some time to get some traction in the news. However the plight of the blue penguin covered in the oil slick went viral quickly, and its need for little knitted jumpers. Clarke's encourages participants to 'like' the Facebook Page and interact with it by posting images of Sculpture On The Gulf and of any environmental issues encountered throughout the exhibition period.  Take a look at the Facebook page here.What do you think about artists using this technology in their pieces?

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