#JulietToo
Augmented Reality InstallationTamiko Thiel, 2022
Created for the augmented monuments project ARORA #MakeUsVisible, a network of audio, visual and scholarly engagement empowering diverse female and gender-expansive voices in public spaces.
#JulietToo AR installation, 2022, showing Viking avatar. Sited at the Juliet Capulet sculpture by Nereo Costantini, near Marienplatz, Munich.
The AR monument #JulietToo by Tamiko Thiel surrounds Juliet's statue in downtown Munich with body positive avatars as a powerful warrior with a bared breast: Juliet as Amazon Archer; Juliet as Viking Shield Maiden.
In Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet,” the star-crossed heroine was only 13 years old, but determined to decide herself with whom she would share her body. Her bronze statue has no such autonomy: many visitors climb onto her pedestal and are photographed grabbing her breast "for luck", and have worn off the patina.
#JulietToo AR installation showing Amazon avatar, 2022. Sited at the Juliet Capulet sculpture by Nereo Costantini, near Marienplatz, Munich.
