In celebration of GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE: THE OLD ZOO's nomination for IndieCade 2025 I'm hosting 3 pop ups in January where you can come check out the experience and chat with me about combining interactive media, mobile gaming, and site-specific storytelling. Drop by anytime to try the experience and chat with me and other collaborators about the piece. You'll also receive a little souvenir to take away and remember the experience by. GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE is nominated for the LIVE ACTION AWARD at IndieCade 2025. The experience is also eligible for the Grand Jury Award, Jury Prix Award, Innovation in Experience Design Award, Innovation in Interaction Design Award, and Developers Choice Award. ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE: THE OLD ZOO is a site specific, AR experience delivered via smartphone app. It invites participants to visit The Old Zoo in Griffith Park and engage in a unique journey to “The Otherside.” Throughout the experience, users will encounter and engage with spirits using the app’s AR interface.
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Navigating a story/ hike using an Augmented Reality Mobile App.
Ages: 13 +
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About Koryn Wicks
Koryn Wicks is a choreographer and multimedia artist. Her immersive choreography creates explorable performances in which live movement and digital media build off one another in real time. Koryn’s work has been show at Slamdance DiG, The Bootleg Theatre, Highways Performance Space, the Orange County Museum of Art, Bowery Poetry Club, and the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Koryn earned her MFA in Dance from the University of California, Irvine and graduated from the Alvin Ailey School with honors. She has been on faculty at CalArts, Glendale College, Cypress College and Cerritos College. Koryn also choreographs for film and television; most recently on the ABC pilot Until the Wedding.