Inspired by the past and present cultural identities of Wroclaw, the project “A Sense of Place” is an immersive and interactive artwork. In the project, the representation of heritage as syntheses takes place as an expression and as a mediation of the concept of a virtually shared relationship between the forgone “German City Breslau” and the present Polish City of Wroclaw in an attempt to synthesize the dimensions of past and present into a single sense of place. Having to deal with diverse points in time and the interplay between historical and contemporary place with its collective and individual identities can only be overcome and manifest as an artwork through the aid of technology, which allows for the representation of past time by projecting into it onto the virtual space of the present. The installation therefore makes use of virtual three-dimensional objects placed in real space through exploring the possibilities of geo-tagged images, which are made visible to all through the use of an Augmented Reality applications now in common use with the mobile communications technologies of today.

The installation as a part of the Goethe Pop Up Pavilion Project, which is a series of events taking place on the Nowy Plac Targowy as part of the European Capital of Culture programing beginning at the start of April 2016.

Guided Tour: Saturday, 23 April, 11:00