ABOUT THE EVENT
The cities we live in are constantly changing. This change occurs on a different timescale to which we live our lives. City of Change, an ongoing event in Melbourne, seeks to actively engage people with the changing nature of the city. Starting at Federation Square, participants follow clues leading them to markers positioned at sites around the city with uncertain futures. These sites might be earmarked for development, in a state of decay, or subject to change. Here participants take a selfie photograph, expressing their opinion of the site through a thumbs up or thumbs down gesture. Through their smartphone, participants have the opportunity to sketch, move and alter the sites, which is uploaded to the digital space. Participants become urban planners, architects and developers of the digital parallel of Melbourne. The information uploaded by participants is processed and rendered virtually, creating a city that is in a constant state of flux – destruction and reconstruction occurring simultaneously as people express their opinion.
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The virtual model of the city is displayed at the end point of the participant’s journey, providing an aerial perspective in a state of rapid change. Using smartphones, participants can see changes to the virtual city overlaid onto the physical world through augmented reality. As they move through the physical Melbourne, they leave their marks on the virtual counterpart. The journey leads participants to interact with the city in a unique way. Instead of moving through static architecture, the event allows participants to experience the dynamic, changing city, and lets them play with it.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Follow these three simple steps to shape the city of Melbourne
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FOLLOW THE MARKERS
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TAKE A SELFIE
Share your journey with us, by taking a selfie at each of the markers. Upload them to the event website using the #cityofchangemelbourne.
Watch your decisions being carried out in real time using the City of Change app.
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SCAN THE CODE
After you have shared your photo, look to the marker to find a QR code. Scan the code with your phone to receive your next clue. Follow the clue to your next marker!
WARNING!! Don’t forget to take a SELFIE to register your vote
In your selfie, show us what you think of the site… thumbs up if you want to keep the site the way it is. Thumbs down if you would like to see a change.
BE THE GAME CHANGER
By sharing your journey with us, your decisions can be carried out in real time in virtual Melbourne.
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To discover sites in the city with uncertain futures.
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THE RESULTS
Just direct your phone’s camera to the building to see what effect the collected verdicts had on the site! Is it safe for now? Or was it destroyed?
THE COLLECTED JOURNEYS
You can also see the results of your journey in the projection of the virtual city, at the end of you journey located at Federation Square. By journeying through both the real and virtual cities, you can see how the city can change.
CHANGE THE CITY
YOU CAN CHANGE THE CITY
SHAPE IT TO YOU IMAGINATION
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PLAY WITH AUGMENTED REALITY SHAPE IT TO YOU IMAGINATION
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