APT9 kids in review

49 APT9 KIDS ARTWORK AND PROJECTS Above and opposite: Gathering fish in Mauri 2018, a digital interactive created as part of Tungaru: The Kiribati Project / Photographs: Katie Bennett My little girl is really into fish and undersea adventures at the moment, so she loved being in with the fish. Teacher comment I love the immersive experiences here! Teacher comment TUNGARU: THE KIRIBATI PROJECT JEFF SMITH MAURI 2018 In 2012, Jeff Smith and fellow New Zealand artist Chris Charteris travelled to the Republic of Kiribati, a Pacific island nation, on a research trip for their exhibition ‘Tungaru: The Kiribati Project’ (2014). From the air, Smith filmed large, heart-shaped fish traps extending from the shore. These traps, known as te ma , inspired the artist’s APT9 Kids project Mauri . This immersive digital environment invited young visitors to step into an underwater scene and interact with schools of animated fish, which responded to visitors’ movements. Children could work together to gather the fish into a digital version of a te ma projected onto the Gallery floor.