Dan Witz Augmented Reality — Cole Middendorf's Portfolio

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Client:
Dan Witz + Benjamin Evjen

Type:
Collaboration

Roles:
AR Designer, Cole Middendorf
Artist, Dan Witz

When:
April 2023

During my sophomore year at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, our graphic design class, led by Benjamin Evjen, collaborated directly with renowned contemporary street artist Dan Witz.
For this project, I created an augmented reality addition for one of Witz’s mounted works. The original 2008 piece, produced solely by Witz and displayed in New York City, comprised of repainted photo-based stickers which are mounted on plastic. This work was reinstalled with my augmented reality addition in downtown Lincoln in 2023 as part of our class collaboration.

Tools used:
Cinema4D, Adobe After Effects, and Artivive

Manually masked grate for editing.

Using a thin piece of chipboard, I laser cut the holes in the same proportions as the artwork.

An earlier installation of the piece, identical in form to the version later installed in Lincoln.

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