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Research Project

Untidy Objects

2023 – 2025

Photo illustration courtesy Untidy Objects.

Key Question

Project Summary

A “living sculpture” on the University’s campus that includes water and vegetation is also a social intervention, prompting viewers to consider the fact that humans are the only living organism with legal and political rights. This project will introduce “augmented reality” technology to the sculpture and study the way it alters viewers’ responses to the sculpture’s propositions.

Research Team

Marc Downie

Marc Downie

Associate Professor of Practice in the Arts in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies, Media Arts and Design, and the College

University of Chicago

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