This is not a good sign

AR poetry about the small changes in the climate occurring around us

2023 — Co-created with J.R. Carpenter

In this project, we use augmented reality to overlay the user's surroundings with signage posing questions about past and present climatic conditions. Why is the sky so blue? Has it always rained? These signs call attention to the small changes in the climate already occurring all around us, inviting playful responses.

このプロジェクトでは、過去と現在の気候状況に関する質問を提示する看板を、ユーザーの周囲に拡張現実(AR)で配置します。「いつも雨が降っていた?」「蜂はどこ?」これらの看板は、すでに私たちの周りで起こっている気候の小さな変化に注意を喚起し、遊び心のある反応を促します。

website : https://not-a-good-sign.com/

Location : Bali, Indonesia —  Photo : Nyimas Laula

Location : Venice, Italy —  Photo : Tomo Kihara

Location : Ikebukuro, Tokyo —  Photo : Tomo Kihara

Location : Venice, Italy  —  Photo : Tomo Kihara

Location : Tokyo, Japan —  Photo : Tomo Kihara

Location : UK —  Photo : J.R. Carpenter

Location : Edmonton, Canada —  Photo : Darrin Hagen

Workshop at Victoria & Albert Museum in London — 2022

We have continued to collaborate to create new signs in response to the themes of new exhibitions. For the Digital Design Weekend at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London in 2022, we researched the ancient climate of the site, creating a new sign to evoke the river that once flowed where the museum now stands. Time Rivers Under Us.
We also created a series of blank sign templates on paper. Over the course of the weekend members of the public pro-posed hundreds of new signs.

Location : Thames River, UK —  Photo : J.R. Carpenter

Sea Art Festival in Busan — 2023

For the Sea Art Festival in Busan, South Korea, in 2023, we collaborated with a team of curators, producers, designers, manufacturers, and translators to create five physical signs which responded directly to the environmental con- ditions of Ilgwang Beach. Together, these signs form a poem.

Project Details

Commisioned by : Now Play This 2021
Curated by : Sebastian Quack / Nick Murray

Exhibitions
Oct 14 - Nov 19, 2023 @Busan
↗︎ Sea Art Festival

Sep 24-25, 2022 @London
↗︎ V&A — London Design Festival

Sep 14- Oct 5, 2022 @Berlin
↗︎ Deutsches Technikmuseum — Everything is Fine

Nov 26- Nov 28, 2021 @Essen
↗︎ Next Level Festival for Games

Credit

Collaborator : J.R. Carpenter