The brief for this project was to create an interactive art installation. My initial response to this was not Augmented Reality, but infact to make living switches and electronics using plants as an interface. This became unattainable as I wanted to create a whole jungle and was limited by space and money. Slowly as I generated other ideas I found myself on Augmented Reality and trying to fit art into it.
Through our theory sessions i deduced my own meaning for art. To me it has to have no purpose other than to be itself otherwise it is design. So I had to create something completely useless.
Finding my theme was difficult, I like making adventure games and that was my initial instinct here, but after being prompted to explore the art styles I had chosen, the story came naturally.
There is no truth in the story behind Beyond. After showing this to a few people they tend to think it is based on personal experiences. It is not. It is pure imagination.