The Occlusion Layer
1871 Chinese Massacre Plaque AR Experience
1871 Chinese Massacre Plaque AR Experience
Studio 2
Snapcode for the 1871 Chinese Massacre Plaque
To scan a Snapcode:
1. Open Snapchat and point your camera at a Snapcode
2. Press and hold on the Snapcode on your screen to scan it
Critic and historian Norman Klein calls Los Angeles a city of “erasures and collective forgetting.” The Occlusion Layer employs Augmented Reality’s ability to reveal hidden visual and sound experiences to explore histories of LA that are hidden under plaques in and surrounding DTLA. Through the Snapchat app or Snap Spectacles, viewers of The Occlusion Layer will discover AR “floats” made of paper that represent key moments of hidden LA history:
* The 1871 Chinese Massacre, where a mostly white mob killed 19 Chinese immigrants—as represented by paper yuan bao (or gold ingots), set aflame as in traditional Chinese funeral practice
* The forced eviction of Mexican immigrants from their communities at Chavez Ravine in the name of urban housing development that never came to pass (but made way for Dodgers Stadium)—as represented by Mexican crepe paper flowers
* The 1967 demonstration against police brutality by the LGBT community at the Black Cat Tavern in Silver Lake (one of the earliest LGBT demonstrations)—as represented by paper protest signs
* The 1871 Chinese Massacre, where a mostly white mob killed 19 Chinese immigrants—as represented by paper yuan bao (or gold ingots), set aflame as in traditional Chinese funeral practice
* The forced eviction of Mexican immigrants from their communities at Chavez Ravine in the name of urban housing development that never came to pass (but made way for Dodgers Stadium)—as represented by Mexican crepe paper flowers
* The 1967 demonstration against police brutality by the LGBT community at the Black Cat Tavern in Silver Lake (one of the earliest LGBT demonstrations)—as represented by paper protest signs
The Occlusion Layer Project
Proposal Video