Cadie Desbiens-Desmeules (3D Model), 2022. Technique: Augmented Reality.

“THE MINIVAN” is part of “LIFE IN A BOX”, a series of virtual sculptures that portrays the imagined housing situations of people living in precarious conditions. Though fictitious, the scenarios were inspired by the authentic stories of unhoused people from around the world. Each makeshift home has been stocked with all necessities its inhabitants need to survive, from blankets and food to clothing and cleaning products. Alongside these necessities there is the cloying presence of technology, both in the form of objects and in the textures that house them, each laden with meaning.

LIFE IN A BOX builds on Desbiens-Desmeules previous work and shows how intensely enmeshed technology has become in our lives. The virtual world is now the primary space in which humans exist, and a smartphone and internet connection are now arguably more important than running water and a connection to the electricity grid, and the line between our digital selves and our physical selves is more blurred than ever.

LIFE IN A BOX is an extended reality project that combines a physical scenography with Augmented Reality (AR) technology.

https://desbiens-desmeules.com/life-in-a-box/

The 3D model can be experienced in (AR).

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