A free, outdoor exhibition of augmented reality artworks. The Looking Glass is a free, outdoor exhibition of augmented reality (AR) artworks viewable on The Shed’s public plaza July 3 to August 29, presented in partnership with Acute Art and the High Line. Invisible to the naked eye, these artworks come to life on your phone’s screen when you aim your camera at the right spot, appearing as real as the environment around them. Through the juxtaposition of physical and virtual worlds, the works in The Looking Glass convey a sense of surprise and wonder about the spaces we move through every day.
New commissions by artists Julie Curtiss, KAWS, and Frieze 2021 Artist Award—winner Precious Okoyomon will be on view at any hour of the day, alongside works making their US debut by Cao Fei, Olafur Eliasson, Tomás Saraceno, Nina Chanel Abney, Koo Jeong A, Bjarne Melgaard, Darren Bader, and Alicja Kwade. In addition to the artworks on The Shed’s plaza, three works will be located on the High Line as part of their arts programming.
On May 5, the first chapter of the exhibition opened in collaboration with Frieze New York at The Shed. It premiered three works, including large animated flowers that read poetry in Precious Okoyomon’s Ultra Light Beams of Love (2021), Cao Fei’s futuristic urban fantasy in RMB City AR (2020), and KAWS’s legendary HOLIDAY SPACE, which celebrated its 20th anniversary with a trip to outer space, returning to Earth as an AR version of itself (2020) whose reflective surface responds to its surroundings.
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The artworks in The Looking Glass are all visible through the free Acute Art app. Share your images and videos by tagging #acuteart
545 West 30th Street
New York, NY 10001
July 3 – August 29, 2021
This event takes place in the Plaza. THE SHED
FREE
