Hadar Ben-Tzur
1968 WSQP, an augmented reality app, invites Washington Square Park visitors to follow the footsteps of Wallace and June — two young activists meeting in the park on a hot spring day in 1968. Download the app for a cinematic experience, which binds past and present into a single moment in space.
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The fight for civil rights, protests against the Vietnam war, assassinations, the women’s rights movement — 1968 was undoubtedly a pivotal year in history, and a unique point in time in downtown Manhattan, NYC. 1968 WSQP, a geo-located augmented reality app, invites Washington Square Park visitors to follow the footsteps of Wallace and June — two young activists meeting in the park on a hot spring day in 1968. In order to bind story and space, we have divided Washington Square Park into the east side and the west side — each side triggers a different character to follow all the way to the meeting point under the arch. Download the app, and Join as Wallace tries to deal with the fact that he’s been drafted, or free-spirit June as she rushes through the park to meet Wallace.
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