augmented patterns

a plus/space installation by Angelique anderson

Angelique E. Anderson’s AUGMENTED PATTERNS is a series of digital prints that merges art with technology. Utilizing the Augmented Reality (AR) platform she creates interactive immersive experiences within each 2D print, inviting the audience to explore images that come alive through animated abstracts of geometrics, colorful shapes and textures triggered by the viewer’s mobile phone.

Angelique’s inspiration for this show is based on the theme of how truths are being augmented by the status quo. The feature work is ‘Queen Charlotte.’ “I am fascinated by how much anger, controversy and denial about black & biracial ancestors in the British royal family, in spite of such well documented recorded legacy of blacks in the royal family and their lineage. Queen Charlotte, in 18th century England, was the second black English queen. She was the grandmother of Queen Victoria and is the great-great-great-great-grandmother of the current Queen Elizabeth II. This fact ties perfectly into my theme of Augmented Reality: a process of overlaying something unreal on top of something real, to cover up, change, alter, or enhance reality.
The artist’s style is narrative, Afrofuturistic, abstract. It explores dimensional space and detailed elements within. “Creating an experience through my art is my focus, to be either meditative, narrative or provocative. When people see my work, I want them to experience joy, playfulness and to provoke compelling discourse.”

about the artist:

Angelique E. Anderson, a multidisciplinary artist and graduate of Pratt Institute and School of Visual Arts, lives and creates in NYC. In her decades-spanning practice, she experiments combining traditional art with digital technology platforms, augmented reality & virtual reality (AR/VR). Her career began in the fashion industry, designing apparel and fabric prints. She went back to school to specialize in computer art & animation. Angelique creates with various techniques: printmaking, 3D modeling, motion graphics and virtual/augmented reality. Her style varies from abstracts and patterns to narrative and figurative Afrofuturism. Angelique is most proud of her first VR project, a recipient of the Smithsonian-Computerworld Laureate Award. At Harlem School of the Arts, NYC, she taught and conducted workshops in traditional printmaking, digital art and web-design. She was a youth mentor for HarlemLive, a teen outreach-afterschool program. Angelique is an AR Creator contributor for SNAPCHAT and an Oculus Start fellow. She founded LIQUE Story Studio, Inc. to create her art, design fabric prints, develop AR/VR experiences, 3D models/ environments and NFTs.

GALLERY HOURS:

Thursday - Sunday, 1 - 6pm, or by appointment. Please email hanne@fivemyles.org, or call 718-783-4438.

DIRECTIONS:

Take 2, 3, or 4 trains to Franklin Avenue. Walk two blocks against the traffic on Franklin. Walk ¾ block to 558 St. Johns Place. FiveMyles is within easy walking distance from the Brooklyn Museum.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

FiveMyles is in part supported by the New York State Council for the Arts, Public Funds from the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Council Member Laurie Cumbo, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, the Perlemeter Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Joseph Robert Foundation, and the William Talbott Hillman Foundation.