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. They will work with artists Jayde Perkin and David McMillan two contemporary illustrators who create bright and bold character-based artworks . Jayde and David invite Bridgwater Railway Station users to help them create characters that reveal hidden stories about Bridgwater in an imaginative and playful 3D way.
Two workshops will take place in March in which Bridgwater residents can share 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 will inspire 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 will create 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 finished work will be co-created from the ideas station users bring to the workshops in March and April, and they will then see them come to life at the Station in June.
What’s your story about Bridgwater Station? Do you have an anaedote to share? A funny or interesting thing that happened or a connection with the Station? Tell us now and it come be worked into the new art experience at Bridgwater Station.
A new augmented reality experience will tell stories about #Bridgwater's historic train station @seedsedgemoor asked people how they'd like @ZubrVR to enhance the site and most people said 'they spend their time looking at their phones'
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Drop in and and meet artists David and Jayde – they are keen to hear your stories about Bridgwater Station!
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/
AR Specialists
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/
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.