Tracing the Sky is an immersive mixed-reality installation in Manchester in July. A hidden underground space in a busy city is transformed into an immersive sanctuary. Under a Victorian shopping arcade, a space void of physical content is filled with floating motion graphics emerging from the brick walls of the deep basement hideaway. 

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Arresting imagery glides across the brickwork, vaulted ceilings, and chambers of the underground location, filling the architecture with dreamlike skyscapes. The work uses 3D scanning, projection mapping, and mobile phones equipped with augmented reality software to allow the audience to interact with the projections. Visitors will immerse themselves in a fluid environment of simulated clouds and skies that change in response to how they interact with the installation via smartphone technology. Sounds generated from these interactions will add another dimension to the experience. 

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