Augmented Reality Monuments in Public Spaces

Description:

There 5,000+ statues in the US of historical figures, only 394 are women. There is a national conversation on redefining the standards of who deserves a monument. While there is a general consensus that women and people of color are not accurately represented in public spaces, the solutions to address the discrepancy complicates the issue. Erecting and removing monuments is expensive. While the public may be on board with addressing the aforementioned discrepancy, elected officials find difficulty justifying the inevitable cost of erecting scores of monuments. XR artists can make hundreds of animated monuments for the price of one statue. This solution is cheaper and bypasses the political contention that arises when we discuss removing monuments i.e. Charlottesville riots