Unmoored

A Times Square mixed reality experience by Mel Chin

Mel Chin's Unmoored explores a potential future where climate change has gone unchecked, and thanks to melting ice caps, erosion, and coastal flooding, Times Square is entirely underwater. Developed in collaboration with Microsoft, this site-specific app allows guests to explore a submerged Times Square in an augmented reality experience. Guests who look up in Times Square will see a nautical traffic jam of boats bobbing 26 feet above them. This flotilla includes boats of all types and sizes, slowly making their way around existing buildings and landmarks. The untethered boats occasionally bump into each other and buildings, causing undulations of wave-like action and sending amplified underwater sound effects to audiences. Visitors can experience Unmoored in mixed reality via HoloLens on July 11, 12, and 13. Unmoored’s augmented reality app will be available for download and use in Times Square from July 11 through September 5, 2018.