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The Urban Dwellers Augmented Reality Character Hunt
FREE interactive art trail for children and families around Sheffield City Centre
3rd - 30th June 2024
Special Playground plaques were placed at the different locations around Sheffield City Centre 3-30 June 2024.
Using a smartphone or a tablet and the Artivive App users just needed to open the app, point their device at the plaque and watch the characters come to life!
Artivive is available for free from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Search for “Artivive” or use the links below.
More tips and information are available at artivive.com
The Children’s Media Conference (CMC) brought back ‘Playground’ in the form of an interactive character hunt for children and families for 2024. Running from 3rd to 30th June, The Urban Dwellers / Playground AR Character Hunt took place across 15 locations across Sheffield.
Established in 2016, the award-winning ‘Playground’ is an exhibition where children can imagine, investigate, create art, and have fun. This year’s offering, Urban Dwellers, was a fantastical interactive digital art experience for families. The trail featured 15 augmented reality artworks and animated installations from legendary steel-city artists TADO and Lisa O’Hara.
The collaborators scattered exclusive artworks of magical characters and creations across 15 city-centre locations. The character hunt was suitable for 5-12-year-olds but everyone was welcome free of charge.
The Urban Dwellers / Playground AR Character Hunt received support from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Darren Chouings, Producer of The Urban Dwellers / Playground AR Character Hunt, said:
“Children and families were invited to explore and celebrate imagination whilst being inspired by cutting-edge artwork in our interactive character hunt. The augmented reality artwork and animated installations were truly inspiring, and we cannot thank TADO and Lisa O’Hara enough for their incredible creations! We are also very thankful that the character hunt was funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.”
Playground was established by The Children’s Media Conference in 2016. Playground won the SHEFFIELD DIGITAL AWARD 2019 for best Digital Arts and Culture Project.
Mike and Katie are an inseparable pint-sized creative design duo, better known to the world as TADO. Established in 2002 and based in Sheffield UK, their multidisciplinary studio creates fantastical artwork for clients across the globe, spanning illustration, animation and character design.
The pair thrive on creating darkly adorable pop-characters; drawing, painting, drilling, glueing, scribbling and clicking away in total collaboration. Their colourful projects include fashion and sneaker designs, toys, animations, games, mascots, large-scale public art and international exhibitions.
TADO are represented by Debut Art and Ampersand Globe agencies.
Lisa is a designer from Scunthorpe and based in Sheffield; upgrading from one flat steel town to a hilly steel city! She approaches illustration with a similar melding of (somewhat unlikely) materials. Drawn to the dark, whimsical and the silly, inspirations range from the chilling atmospheres of Hammer Horror, the timeless wisdom of folklore, but probably more often just The Simpsons.
Lisa finds creative fuel in blending the profound with the mundane and daft, and she’ll incorporate a dog snout wherever possible. Recent commissions include Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Clifton Park Museum Rotherham, Take it Easy Film Lab, Cycle Sheffield, The Showroom Cinema and Skateboard Great Britain.
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