Coventry, Warwickshire, UK, reconciliation memorial sculpture at the Cathedral Church of Saint Michael by Electric Egg Ltd.
EcoGPX®
EcoGPX® is a project that combines art, community engagement, and technology to help people connect with their local environment and address social and environmental issues.
"PLACES by EcoGPX®" is a mobile app that uses technology to let people explore, share, and connect with local stories and cultural experiences related to specific places in their community.
EcoGPX® includes 3 layers of action:
1. Community Engagement: Deep listening to identify the local issues that matter; 2. Eco-Art Residencies: Curation and recording of eco-artist responses at local sites; 3. Interactive Media-Mapping: building a beautiful interface for interacting with artists' responses. + Finding together a regenerative cyclical model of income generation and sustainability for local artists and community groups.
EcoGPX® has been in development since 2023 supported primarily by funding from Innovate UK.
Phase 2 - Coventry, West Midlands
'EcoGPX® Launchpad Coventry and Warwickshire' (May - October 2024) - £100,000 funding from Innovate UK
* Newly Published 13 November 2024 *
Please use the two links below to test the PLACES mobile app as a 'Viewer', one for Apple iOS and the other for Android:
Dr Alex Boyd - Project Leader Dr Ben Spatz - Creative Director Peter Awosiyan - Full Stack Developer Wendy van der Haagen-Boyd - Production, Finance & Admin Maryam Safe - Creative Liaison Manager & Regenerative Design Basma Darouich - PR, Digital Marketing, Promotion & Social Engagement Officer Issias Yohannes - Volunteer Residency Co-Facilitator Dr Joanne Scott - External Evaluator See Who We Are
'EcoGPX® Creative Catalyst Award 2023' (August 2023 - January 2024) - £50,000 funding from Innovate UK Ilkley - Bradford, West Yorkshire)
External Evaluation (Visual Report) by Amaia Mugica & Bruno Rocha:
Click to experience the Phase 1 EcoGPX® MVP (Adobe XD) PROTOTYPE APP
Project Team:
Dr Alex Boyd - Project Leader Dr John Zibell - Creative Director Wendy van der Haagen-Boyd - Production, Finance & Admin Ilya Noé - Co-Facilitating Residency Eco-Artist Dylan Bolles - Co-Facilitating Residency Eco-Artist Alex Michelson - Tech Consultant Amaia Mugica & Bruno Rocha - External Evaluators See Who We Are
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H-NC - 'Human-Nature Connect' - our our eco-embodied and eco-somatic network for practitioners with a passion for arts that positively contribute to environmental impact
