Art Power Growth Liberation is an immersive installation art experience exploring the idea that art is the platform for power, growth, and liberation. This preview phase focused on producing and mounting the full exhibition in order to test how audiences move through the space, interact with the work, and experience the layered combination of physical art, augmented reality, poetry, and digital storytelling. The Contemplation Garden involved landscaping, creating poetry prompt signs, mounting AI + organic augmented reality artworks, and building beautiful, comfortable spaces for rest and reflection. Inside the gallery, Claudia mounted physical paintings, created a guest book station, uploaded augmented reality pieces, produced the physical poetry collection, and installed wayfinding signage throughout the exhibition. During this Saturday’s preview sessions, three rounds of test audiences helped shape the project’s future development. Delightful child participants revealed that the exhibition is accessible and joyful for younger audiences as well, while also helping the team recognize that personal technology access may become a barrier for some visitors. Additional audience feedback helped strengthen launch planning and revealed surprising discoveries, including that the Flower Power Poetry Collection still activates augmented reality experiences even through black-and-white photocopies. Reaching this stage required an enormous collective push of creative and physical energy, and the work continues. Claudia still has 20 short films to produce and upload as part of the expanded AR experience. The exhibition will remain in preview through the first week of June and stay open to audiences through the end of June.
