Exchange: China
Social Challenge: Youth Empowerment
Artist: John Craig Freeman
Exchange: China
Social Challenge: Youth Empowerment
Artist: John Craig Freeman
View of Wuhan from the Yellow Crane Tower. Photo credit Croquant. CC BY-SA 2.0.
Augmented and virtual reality
In April 2016, John Craig Freeman traveled to Wuhan, China, where he taught augmented and virtual reality skills to community participants. The participants then proposed and developed public art projects to address youth empowerment using these new digital media art skills.
Community Projects
Through Gate
A network of portals connecting the institutions and students at several important universities Expanding on John Craig...
The Vanished Nanhu Airport
Rendering runways and planes around an old flight control building The Vanished Nanhu Airport focuses on the site of the former Wuhan...
Wuhan Dazhimen Railway Station
The station that shaped Wuhan’s image as a transportation hub The original Wuhan Dazhimen Railway Station, a beautiful French style...
A Crow Drinking Water
Responding to the loss of three quarters of Wuhan’s lakes A Crow Drinking Water augmented reality (AR) to document and respond to the loss...
Blog
Closing Ceremony and Reception
Portal to an Alternative Reality. Video by John Craig Freeman and Jinglin Li. After much anticipation, Portal to an Alternative Reality was launched last night at the Arts Incubator program's Closing Ceremony and Reception at K11 art village. Despite the rain, we had...
Micro-Grant Recipient Finalists
A community panel was assembled to judge the presentations by workshop participants. The panel consisted of: Yiyi Elizabeth Wong, Associate Professor Hubei University of Economics Carlos Castellanos, Assistant Professor, Digital/Experimental Media, Department of Art,...
GPS Location Test and Portal Plans
I arrived in Wuhan on Thursday, April 14th. The trip was long, but I was anxious to get the project underway so on Friday we got the production team together at the K11 Art Village to hammer out some of the details and plan for the weeks to come. Importantly, the test...
| Title | Address | Description |
|---|---|---|
U.S. Embassy in Wuhan— China | Wu-chan, Chu-pej, Čína | |
Wuhan, China | Wu-chan, Chu-pej, Čína | Exchange Location |
Wuhan, China
Exchange Location
U.S. Embassy in Wuhan — China
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