Forest Eyes is a specially-designed augmented reality app will allow people to unlock a host of ‘hidden forests’ at this year’s Forest of Imagination pop-up arts event in Bath this summer.
Forest of Imagination aims to offer people of all ages an immersive journey to both imagined and real forests, including the fragile forest ecosystem of Madagascar.
The Forest Eyes app will offer three AR experiences:
- ‘Abbey Vines’ reveals Bath’s iconic abbey overgrown by lush giant vanilla orchid vines with huge butterflies fluttering past.
- Four ‘Forest Portals’ allow intrepid visitors to Forest of Imagination to journey to new worlds. Explore the Coral Reef Forest, Kelp Forest, Madagascan Spiny Forest, or Enchanted Forest.
- Finally, the ‘Urban Forest’ invites people to become an architect come landscape designer and redesign Bath with new structures, and beautiful forests full of plants and wildlife. Designs can be geocoded for others to find and like.
The Forest Eyes app adds to Forest of Imagination’s soundscapes, outdoor galleries and workshops that all aim to inspire the imagination, and underline the connectivity of forests and peoples across the globe. In particular, the event aims to raise awareness of Bristol Zoo’s conservation project in Madagascar that is working to secure the future of endangered lemur species.
2016 is the third year running that Bath will host Forest of Imagination. The event is the brainchild of a collaborative team of Bath-based creative organisations, including landscape architects Grant Associates, arts-based charity 5x5x5=creativity, creative consultancy Imaginnovation and architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. Key event partners include Bristol Zoo and Bath Spa University.
For more information please visit www.forestofimagination.com