LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives
LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives
This new initiative uses augmented reality to explore monuments and murals, representation, and history. Monumental Perspectives brings together artists and technologists to create virtual monuments that explore just some of the histories of Los Angeles communities in an effort to highlight perspectives from across the region. In consultation with community leaders and historians, the first cohort of artists, Mercedes Dorame, I.R. Bach, Glenn Kaino, Ruben Ochoa, and Ada Pinkston, examine key moments, figures, and monumentality in the region’s past and present through augmented reality experiences.
Visitors can experience the augmented reality monuments at site-specific locations across Los Angeles including LACMA’s Wilshire Boulevard campus, MacArthur Park, Earvin “Magic” Johnson Park, and Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The monuments can also be experienced by anyone around the world on Snapchat by searching in Lens Explorer or scanning the QR codes below. Read on to learn how to experience the virtual monuments:
There are a total of 13 monuments placed throughout Los Angeles, each activated over several years in series of three collections.
Collection I: All five monuments are listed on this page.
Collection II: Information about three monuments here.
Collection III: Information about five moments here.
This initiative is made possible by Snapchat. Additional support is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Apr 18, 2021–Apr 30, 2024
- Various locations throughout Los Angeles County via Snapchat
This initiative is made possible by Snapchat. Additional support is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.