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Amass is an augmented reality experience created by artist Nick Cave. Nick Cave creates sculptures and fashion which aim to show diversity and beauty while confronting the darkest parts of humanity. He is known for his garments and events, which are a collection of many fabricator’s textiles created in collaboration with Cave. It consists of randomly generated wind spinners, usually found in gardens reflecting sunlight. Amass can be experienced through a phone’s AR camera. I admire the use of AR to create an artistic experience. The randomly generated positions of the spinners in space feels very relevant to pseudorandom numbers, as the spinners are all about the same distance from each other and do not go beyond the walls, floor, or roof of the room. The colors of the spinners are also randomly generated, creating aesthetic gradients of shimmering light. Users can walk around and look at them from many angles.

More about the artist:

https://art21.org/artist/nick-cave/

More about Amass:

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