Aporia. The City is The City

Book / Augmented Reality Application / VR Experience / Design

Aporia. The City is The City

Book / Augmented Reality Application / VR Experience / Design

Imagine two cities, where the inhabitants live in parallel realities. The streets are doubled, multiple crosshatches appear
along the facades, giving out onto a sprawl- ing view of the double city. Every building
is a hybrid; two functions and two spaces co-exist simultaneously. Within a single building, one can be at home or in the tomb, at the bazaar or in a palace, you are able to decide how to be in both places at the same time. While at a temple, you might find yourself in a public toilet, in a hothouse you

might also be in the garbage dump. The ur- ban fabric is a direct emanation of a split- state. Every function shadows its other func- tion. Intertwining architectural forms create a hybrid and far-reaching city full of para- doxes and uncharted paths. The community is made from rumor and ritual exchanges

of code. The doubled shadow architecture is the total fulfillment of Utopia, where the cities undergo unending hybridization and expansion. From this emergent order the scenario of your experience unravels.

This augmented reality application reacts with the illustrations in the book “Aporia. The City is the City”. In order to use the application please buy the book here: Link: http://prospero.e-teatr.pl/glowna/13701-aporia-the-city-is-the-city.html?fbclid=IwAR21_2YR7FHO2J5DGuqxj0XoRyHtUZDU7THGIqivWuABOExJGr120HFyNz4
Once you have “Aporia. The City is The City” book open the book on pages with illustrations with this AR icon Allow the application to use the camera on your mobile device. Point the camera of your mobile device at any page marked with the AR icon. Make sure the book is spread flat and there is sufficient light. The Augmented layer will appear.

CREDITS

Curator; Architecture, Pavillion - Aleksandra Wasilkowska 

Shadow Architecture Founder

Curator; Director - Krzysztof Garbaczewski

Dream Adoption Society Founder

VR and AR Architecture - Aleksandra Wasilkowska in collaboration with members of Shadow Architecture - Karolina Kotlicka, Monika Olesko

Interaction Design, VR and AR Producer - Wojtek Markowski

Experience Design, VR and AR Programming and Art Direction - Marta Nawrot, Jagoda Wójtowicz, Maciej Gniady, Anastasiia Vorobiova, Krystian Brych, Sebastian Janisiewicz, Anna Skrzypczyk 

Music Composition for VR and AR - Jan Duszyński

Voice-over - Laura Elizabeth Goodier

VR Production Assistant - Jakub Oleś

Graphic Design for the book - Krzysztof Pyda

Set Install - Paweł Paciorek

Project Production - Maria Bogdaniuk, Krystyna Mogilnicka, Edyta Zielnik

Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute

APORIA. THE CITY IS THE CITY was created by Dream Adoption Society 

and Shadow Architecture, and produced by Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute 

as part of the main program of the Prague Quadriennial 2019. 

Financed by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.