The augmented reality art app was free in the Apple and Android app stores from 2019 – 2024. While the animated elements are no longer available, the full audio tour version has been published by (Re) Verb. It will work on your phone or computer.

There are 8 scenes which place at Willow Lake, on the South end of Flushing Meadows Corona Park, in New York. The starting point for the app tour is the East entrance of the Pat Dolan Trail, right after walking over the Van Wyck Expressway pedestrian bridge. The tour takes about 26 minutes and the one-way walk down the trail is less than a mile. You can also use the app in your local park, GPS is not required.

 

  Becoming Biodiversity audio tour with map on (Re) Verb.

  Soundcloud audio-only version, available.

  Explore ecological networks in a park in New York City.

  Start at this location, for optimal experience.

  Site specific Flushing Meadows Corona Park in New York, but it can be used anywhere.

  Go outside for best experience.

This artwork is a guided tour which allows us to inhabit the worlds of multiple species along an urban park trail, allowing them to become visible and “sense-able” to us. The viewer re-enacts stories from the perspectives of non-humans; playing the part of a plant calling out to a bird to help with pest control, an ant planting spring flowers while simultaneously feeding her babies, an underground fungal network delivering goods to struggling trees, and a cormorant searching for a meal in a man-made lake in Queens, NY.

Thank you to collaborators Josh Rodenberg, Danielle McPhatter, and Jayne Kennedy. And project supporters Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center, NY, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, and the New York Urban Field Station, a partnership between NYC Parks, the US Forest Service, and the Natural Areas Conservancy, NY.

• More info about the site, process, and people involved in this artwork here.
• My research bibliography is here. 
• Opening events to celebrate the app are announced here.