Giant interactive mural at St Aloysius’ College comes to life through augmented reality videos with the EyeJack app
A new mural is not only the biggest in the city centre, running the length of a side street, but comes to life as you wander by with your smartphone.
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A new mural is not only the biggest in the city centre, running the length of a side street, but appears to come to life as you wander by with your smartphone.
The purple and white artwork, on the walls of St Aloysius’ College in Chancery Lane, has been a two-year project for students at the Catholic girls’ school.
But it’s not just big.
Downloading the EyeJack app, and holding your device up to each the four main images of students and the Empowering Bright Futures title, unlocks a series of augmented reality videos.
In the section of the mural symbolising growth, student Celeste Owens, 11, is depicted tending to a potted plant.
In the related video she appears like an animated giant, towering over cars parked along the street despite kneeling, as she puts on a glove, plants a seed and waters it in.
Among the other videos, students use drawings to tell the stories of old scholar Dame Roma Mitchell and Sisters of Mercy founder Catherine McAuley.
Inspiration, friendship, science and growth are the key themes.
The project began with an exhibition of hundreds of images submitted by students, staff and parents that they felt showed the school’s values.
A small group of students from Years 7 to 12 then drove the project, working for months with Riggs Digital to finalise the design and film the animations, plus behind-the-scenes footage. Students also had a hand in painting the mural alongside professional artists.
“It’s incredible to see things I’ve been working on for two years on a wall for all of Adelaide to see ... it’s a priceless experience,” Year 9 student Cadence Lopresti-Zotti said.
Principal Paddy McEvoy said the mural showed the school was “empowering girls to be confident and take on the world”.