Immersive Watergrove

Immersive Watergrove is an outdoor, site specific work exploring themes of climate change, water usage, local history and new technology. This is the first collaboration between Sophie Cooper and Babs Smith bringing together their separate practices of augmented reality and sound design to create a completely unique, audio-visual experience that will be situated around Watergrove Reservoir over August 2023. This project is also supported by Ebor Studio in Littleborough who will host an in-house exhibition of the work to coincide with the on-location installation. 

Immersive Watergrove aims to highlight the very visual and real effects of climate change on the area’s water supply inspired by the reappearance of the former community’s remnants during the drought of 2022. By positioning four viewing posts around the reservoir visitors will be invited to observe the site by using an app called Artivive that will trigger augmented reality images and sound highlighting four topics associated with each location. 

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