Archinect - News2024-11-05T16:09:27-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150197702/olafur-eliasson-wants-to-bring-nature-into-quarantined-homes-with-his-new-ar-art-app-wunderkammer
Olafur Eliasson wants to bring nature into quarantined homes with his new AR art app WUNDERKAMMER Alexander Walter2020-05-14T18:50:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fe/fe083a128f047c58a620c25d3d468b02.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Genre-spanning artist <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/72244607/studio-olafur-eliasson" target="_blank">Olafur Eliasson</a> just released <em>WUNDERKAMMER</em>, his latest augmented reality experience in collaboration with the Acute Art app. <br></p>
<p>"Now we are spending a lot of time indoors, so I thought, okay, let's make a work of art which takes the outside inside," Eliasson explains in a short video released alongside the WUNDERKAMMER app. <br></p>
<p>Video courtesy of Olafur Eliasson/Acute Art.<br></p>
<p>"Even though we can't go as much out as we want to, it's so important to kind of not forget that, once all of this is over, we have to look at our environment, we have to look at what is going on with regards to the things we care about so much."</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8c/8ceffe85d9a2ba729f0c08aa32e60c4e.gif" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8c/8ceffe85d9a2ba729f0c08aa32e60c4e.gif"></a></p></figure><p>Image courtesy of Olafur Eliasson/Acute Art.<br></p>
<p>The Acute Art app is available both on the <a href="https://apps.apple.com/tt/app/acute-art/id1488435802" target="_blank">App Store</a> and on <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acuteart.collector" target="_blank">Google Play</a>.<br></p>