"A Story of Floods" is a two-part project combining an augmented reality mural with a documentary highlighting Atlantic City residents’ experiences with sea-level rise conceived and designed by artists Kaira Villanueva, Carolina Montes, and Robert Soden.
MURAL:
"A Story of Floods" is Atlantic City's first augmented reality mural, designed and created by Kaira Villanueva and Carolina Montes. Located on an exterior wall of the Chelsea Boys & Girls Club, the creation of the mural involved a stencil and painting workshop with the Club kids. The artists augmented the piece so viewers can interact by scanning with a smartphone. As you scan the entire image, fish will appear to swim off of the wall. Moving closer, scanning individual fish displays data on how sunny-day flooding occurs, and scanning the tide will display details about flood-prevention structures in Atlantic City.
DOCUMENTARY:
The team has produced a short documentary film about Atlantic City and its continued experience with flooding, climate change, and resilience, premiering on Friday, September 15 at 1 pm at the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University.
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“A Story of Floods” is part of the NJ Coastal Resiliency Art Program, designed to creatively bring awareness to coastal risks and hazards that our state may face while addressing the need to involve and inform the public about these coastal hazard impacts and what actions they can take to reduce their risk.
The Atlantic City Arts Foundation was selected by the NJ Coastal Resiliency Art Program to serve as one of several community-based organizations to host and produce a project. This program is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Coastal Management Program. It is being produced in partnership with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.