Mapping Stories - Boulder

OMAi artists Markus Dorninger and Matthias Fritz (aka Maki & iink) went to Boulder, Colorado in September 2016. Their project “Mapping Stories” made public places come alive with colorful digital paintings and sounds, projected from a custom-built cargo bike. These spontaneous audiovisual performances were created in collaboration with various community groups from Boulder.

The aim of the project was to present a spontaneous and personal approach to projection mapping. By involving artwork and narration by community members, and spontaneously picking projection targets as they roved around the environment with the projection bike, they created experiences that are unique and authentic creative expressions of people, place and time.

Mapping Stories is part of Experiments in Public Art, a group of temporary public art installations that debute in and around Boulder. Participating artists were selected, in part, by incorporating concepts and materials that extend beyond the notion of traditional art.

Mapping Stories was made possible with the hard work and open minds by many people. Thank You to Mandy Vink of Boulder Arts, our host Felicia Furman, Boulder Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Tinker Art Studio staff, Carmen Nelson and friends, Molly Hoverstock, Angela Beloian and all workshop participants.