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Seed Sedgemoor

Hidden Station

Interactive Art at Bridgwater Train Station

Seed Sedgemoor and Severnside Community Rail Partnership have commissioned Bristol-based creative team Zubr Curio to create an exciting new Augmented Reality experience at Bridgwater Station in Somerset.

Zubr Curio are a renowned augmented and virtual reality studio who bring artworks to life using accessible technology.

Working with artists Jayde Perkin and David McMillan two contemporary illustrators who create bright and bold character-based artworks .  Jayde and David have invited Bridgwater Railway Station users to help them create characters that reveal hidden stories about Bridgwater in an imaginative and playful 3D way.

Two workshops took place in March in which Bridgwater residents shared their personal connection to the station: fond family memories, new encounters, or recollections of friends who’ve worked in Bridgwater in generations gone by. These anecdotes inspired the creation of  vivid visual narratives to be displayed throughout the Railway Station, featuring distinctive 2D characters magically brought to life with interactive augmented reality (AR) filters for social media. Passengers will experience and interact with this through their phones and other handheld devices.

The aim is to enable visitors to Bridgwater’s busy local station to take part in a safe, enjoyable creative experience as part of their journey. The team have created a very accessible Augmented Reality environment, so if you don’t normally do art or have little prior experience of AR you can still join in the fun. The exhibition is now open at Bridgewater Station.

Try it out

Visitors to both BRIDGWATER STATION and THE ENGINE ROOM can discover this amazing work created by through a collaboration between local people and professional artists until March 2024.

We encourage taking a walk of discovery through the centre of Town between the two locations. Who knows what else you might find?

We’d love to hear your thoughts

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David McMillan

Artist and Illustrator

David is an illustrator and mural artist from Northern Ireland, who lives and works in Bristol. After graduating, David worked for international editorial and advertising clients before beginning to translate his work into large scale murals for street food markets, cultural events, and wide range of clients. His works is heavily character based, with an emphasis on the small, funny stories, and interactions between people. Recent murals include, Bristol Zoo, Lyric Theatre, and Broadway Shopping Centre in Hammersmith. He has been a guest lecturer at Ulster University, and on the Illustration course at UWE.

www.davidjmcmillan.co.uk

David McMillan

Artist and Illustrator

Jayde Perkin

Artist and Illustrator

Jayde Perkin is a freelance illustrator and artist, based in Bristol. Jayde creates hand painted illustrations for a wide range of clients, Her work covers a range of topics and formats, but Jayde is probably most known for her critically acclaimed self-published comics. Jayde’s illustration work is also very much part of the fabric of the city in Bristol, you can see her “Support Local” posters in the independent shops and businesses all across the city. She has also published a children’s picture book ‘Mum’s Jumper’ has now been published in many countries, and translated into over 15 different languages.

Jayde lectures part time on the UWE illustration course, and a Creative Writing course at Bath Spa university, on the Graphic Narratives Module. She also travels to various universities giving talks, and facilitating workshops.

www.jaydeperkin.com

Jayde Perkin

Artist and Illustrator

Zubr Curio

AR Specialists

Bristol-based Zubr Curio are a leading augmented and virtual reality studio specialising in digital interpretation for museums, galleries, libraries, heritage sites, academics and creative practitioners.

We’re passionate about working with enthusiastic storytellers with exciting ideas to develop and deliver innovative AR and VR, high quality, audience-centred digital content and unique immersive experiences.

“We are excited to embark on this project to hear and understand some of the stories and vibrant character of the local Bridgwater community.  The station is a fantastic focal point and a blank canvas for us to share our creativity and technical skills to bring these stories to life. Working closely with the community, we hope Jayde and Dave’s beautiful illustrations combined with Zubr Curio’s augmented reality motifs can breathe colour and fun and intrigue into the space.”

Chris Price – Creative Director, Zubr Curio

Website: https://curio.zubr.co/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zubr.curio/

Zubr Curio

AR Specialists

Hidden Station Partners

The Hidden Station is a collaboration between Seed Sedgemoor and Severnside Community Rail Partnership, kindly supported by Community Rail Network and the Department for Transport’s Community Rail Development Fund.