Washington, DC is the most powerful capital city in the world. But it’s also a city that is deeply divided between a wealthy and extremely influential minority and an impoverished and largely disenfranchised African American majority. The seat of global power is also home to a population that remains largely invisible to the politicians, journalists, lawyers, lobbyists and contractors around Capitol Hill. This other Washington, DC maintains the dubious distinction of having the highest rate of child poverty, the highest mortality rate from HIV/AIDS, and the lowest life expectancy in the country. Kike Arnal discusses his new book of photography, In the Shadow of Power.
For her Fall/Winter 2010 Cassette Playa Carri Munden will present her collection as an Augmented Reality performance piece. This round of collections and shows have seen have seen an abundance of technology, with numerous experimental web projects launched, as well as a number of shows shown via Live Streaming. Carri Munden is always one to push the boundaries and will present fashion’s first Augmented Reality presentation this Sunday, the 21st of February.
‘Augmented reality (AR) is a term for a live direct or indirect view of a physical real-world environment whose elements are merged with (or augmented by) virtual computer-generated imagery – creating a mixed reality’
