connecting the people of san francisco across housing divides through an augmented reality art installation at proxy.
Most people know little about their unhoused neighbors – those they see and the many more who are invisible, their stories are needed to navigate these challenging circumstances of
the housing divide.
Client: Lava Mae, ZERO ONE
Artist: John Craig Freeman, Sound Made Public
In Coming Home, viewers met a full range of people and heard their stories – from life on the street to holding a job, as a student or an elder, and from the point of view of those who have successfully moved beyond what is, for most, a temporary situation. Through this project, participants experienced the commonality of human experiences.
Lava Mae, an organization that provides ‘radical hospitality’ to San Francisco’s homeless population, sought to use art to bridge the divide between people who are housed and those who are not. The artist team filmed and interviewed individuals who are currently or formerly unhoused, and created augmented reality segments that tell individual stories that use augmented reality superimposed upon real San Francisco settings.
Press
Hayes Valley augmented reality project aims to build empathy for homeless locals, by Teresa Hammerl, Hoodline News, August 30, 2018.
Augmented reality tells stories of homeless in San Francisco, by Michelle Kingston, KRON 4, September 15, 2018.
Check Out PROXY’s Augmented-Reality Exhibit on Homelessness, by Peter Lawrence Kane, SF Weekly, September, 8, 2018.
Augmented Reality Exhibit, App Aim to Bridge Housing Divide, by Jenna Lane, KCBS Radio, September 15, 2018.
Augmented Reality Art Project Sparks Compassion For The Homeless, by Betty Yu, KPIX 5, September 17, 2018.
SF art installation tells untold stories of the homeless through augmented reality, by Andre Torrez, KTVU 2, September 14, 2018.
