Fantasmasitu, chimeras in the city

“A chimerical experience in the urban landscape.”

This project, created by the Collective 1300, gives Bordeaux the opportunity to rediscover their city in a new dimension in order to bring out contemporary creation in Bordeaux, and its agglomeration. The collective’s four young designers (Louise GARNIER, Marine MASTIN, Christian VANNIER and Chloé BAUCHET) want, through the use of augmented reality on smartphones, to bring out extraordinary and chimerical creatures in all natural places, which would be their own. These include forests, parks, gardens, rivers, rivers and woods…

Augmented reality is in tune with the appeals of the younger generation, but also of adults who are seduced by new technologies and digital advancement.

For all those people who are “hyperconnected”, such an application, available free of charge, would give a taste to city excursions as well as nature, while raising awareness of the protection of these natural spaces in the heart of the Bordeaux metropolitan area. In addition, thanks to Fantasmasitu, it is possible to meet other players, who explore the environment in pursuit of these giants who blend into the scenery, and to exchange together about his impressions and his recent finds.

The experience tends to restore the taste of dreams, of escape, to anyone who wants to find these chimeras straight out of our favorite children’s stories. Take a big breath of refreshing air in the heart of nature, away from the hustle and bustle of transport, people who hurry without looking at the landscapes that surround them…

Fantasmasitu is a project that is part of the Metropolitan Summer event for its 2017 edition, from July 8 to September 15, in Bordeaux and its entire urban area on the theme of landscapes.

In order to finance this project, the Collective 1300 is launching a Crowdfunding to raise funds through donations, in order to hope to be selected by the Metropolitan Summer. Their goal is to raise 3,500 euros, which would allow them to install chimeric creatures in three places in the city, and to be able to apply for the call of the Metropolitan Summer. If the project is successful, you will be able to discover 5 new creatures in the city. A beautiful hunt in perspective! So far, the Collective has raised 1,900 euros, and there is still one month left before the closing of the prize pool.

AK – Bordeaux Business

Sources:
Crowdfunding Fantasmasitu

 

 

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