2025
The Daddy Long Legs Rides Again 2025 – all tour dates are here
August 16th and 30th
3 pm – 4.30 pm
Starting in Brighton at Banjo Groyne on the beach (Paston Place)
will repeat this accessible special guided walk and talk that further engages, involving augmented reality on smartphones with the artist
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-daddy-long-legs-rides-in-august-tickets-1445315961949
August 9th
5.30pm Low tide walk to engage with the rock pools 1 mile away, exploring the scars of the rails in the rockpools, starting in The Marina Village Square and walking down The Strand to The Undercliff, so this is partly accessible.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/august-low-tide-rock-pool-daddy-long-legs-tour-tickets-1537831668919
The Brighton Fringe: The Daddy Long Legs Rides Again
(Sold out) May 3rd, 17th and 31st at 3.30-5pm
Tickets £6-10
Book tickets and find out more here
The Swan Hotel Revisited
May 24th 1pm
The old Swan pub and hotel in Hastings (bombed 1943) is once more visible to guests of this unique tour- do join us fora history talk and a life size augmented reality group tour.
Meet 1pm (venue tbc) and end 2.30pm in Hastings Old Town High Street, the memorial rose garden.
Tickets £5 – book here
Andrea and Luciana will help you visit the demolished bombed inn, beginning at 1pm with a projected heritage talk inside ( host venue tbc) followed by a unique artist walk very nearby to the actual location of the bombed site where guests are able to see the building using augmented reality layers on their smartphones as part of the £6 ticket price. The effect is truly impressive and you also learn about 300 or more years of what took place inside the Swan Inn, and connect to a place in town in a new way with added experience.
Apparitions guided walks with projected talks investigate endangered and demolished local Heritage, giving its colourful past a new audience, with augmented reality visualisations combining mobile technology and Art in Apparitions & Pioneer AR. New locations and dates are added each month – I can keep you informed of the next event if you like to sign up to the monthly news email.
2024
Saturday, May 25th
The Memorial Clocktower (demolished 1973) & The Swan Hotel (bombed 1943)
Starts at 12pm, Barnabys Lounge, 46 Robertson St, Hastings TN34 1HL
The walk in one direction is just under a mile and both experiences are complete by 2pm
Tickets are £4 for the projected talk and guided walk with augmented views of both sites :
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bombed-demolished-local-heritage-pt-1-tickets-902285138137 or cash is cool.
Starts at 12pm with a visually projected talk about the history of both these sites. At 1pm we will walk to the original location of The Memorial, then we will continue to Hastings Old Town to the High Street where the Swan Hotel stood, and view both in lifesize recreations using our free augmented reality artwork together (smartphones are not essential to enjoy the talk and guided walk)
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Lost Heritage Weekend pop-up exhibition & talk
Saturday April 27th and Sunday April 28th 2024, tickets from £4
A hanging exhibition displaying the development of the lost heritage Apparitions augmented reality artwork modelled in 3D and games engines software, from locally sourced vintage postcards and photographs. As well as large-scale reimagined multiview postcards combining Edwardian portraits and contemporary scenes. More information coming soon for this 2 day drop-in event and exhibition
The Ballroom upstairs in The Bank Bar & Bistro, 28-29 Grand Parade, Saint Leonards, TN37 6DR
March 30th, 2pm – The Pyramids of Victorian Death Culture in AR – £3 tickets
Meet outside The Highlands Inn, 1 Boscobel Rd, Saint Leonards-on-sea TN38 0LU
to view the pyramid and augmented reality experience
Tickets are £3 are available from eventbrite
St Leonards has its own Pyrmaid tomb in a garden cemetery, the artist first encountered this esoteric architecture when she lived near Burwash as Jack Fuller had also built a Pyramid for his tomb in 1834. These examples of wealth and status for all time hold fascination today for the modern tourist or local.
A 3D model in AR and a video of the monument will be shared as the actual one is currently closed to the public for safety, due to subsistence of the area.
previously :
March 9th, 3pm – local lost landmarks and augmented reality – £3 tickets
The Bank Bar & Bistro, 28-29 Grand Parade, Saint Leonards, TN37 6DR
Tickets are £3 are available from eventbrite
Join us inside the spacious old Bank Bistro with drinks and cakes available to purchase, tickets ensure you are seated for the artist’s historical presentation followed by a guided augmented reality walk across the road opposite The Royal Victoria Hotel for the AR group demonstration. All ages are welcome, everyone can learn more history about the amazing pier of St Leonards that was demolished finally by 1951 but also experience a life-size version using the artwork on their smartphones.
06.10.23
‘No Hammer Needed‘, St Andrews Mews, Waldegrave st, TN34 1SJ, Hastings, East Sussex.
The long awaited Apparitions AR artwork is ready for the public to explore its geotagged life size experiences of St Leonards Pier, The Memorial clocktower and the lost beach huts for iOS and Android devices, exhibited in a pop up exhibition in the the Mews. Alongside will be stroboscopic experiences and brainwave monitoring, for special events each friday. A guided heritage walk with augmented reality demonstrations is set for 22.10.23 at 3pm, meeting at Goodsmans barbers / The Royal Victoria Hotel
The Daddy long legs sea faring train is called ‘Pioneer AR’ and this is one of two main heritage attractions using augmented reality in the exhibition next to Apparitions AR, alongside flickering nostalgic artworks made by Luciana Haill since 2012 using Dreamachines and strobes from Thursdays 5pm to Saturdays 10pm throughout October.
Check the show website for artist walks to the sites at weekends in Hastings.
24/09/2022 – Augmented Art drop in exhibition & symposium
Free from 2pm -7pm for the exhibition, then tickets for the artists talk
Apparitions app and Pioneer are relaunching with new features and additional assets ( Prince Albert himself ) in this event on Saturday 24th September from 2pm – 10pm, held in Ugly Duck, Tanner Street, South Bermondsey.
This one-day exhibition showcases the cutting-edge augmented reality artworks of Luciana Haill and is the London premiere of Pioneer, an ambitious, augmented reality (AR) artwork which explores urgent contemporary themes around innovation, hubris and technology elitism through a reflection on Victorian engineering.
Also, on show will be a newly updated version of Haill’s earlier series of augmented reality artworks entitled Apparitions, inspired by three Victorian landmarks lost in wars, storms and during rapid gentrification
The works are accompanied by immersive soundscapes which can be experienced using headphones or a wearable SUBPAC tactile audio system.
Artist Talk Event, 7:30pm
Pioneer: Art, Augmented Reality and Lost Heritage
Join artists Luciana Haill and Alex May for a discussion about how artists can work with augmented reality to explore lost heritage and contemporary issues around technology and gentrification, chaired by Anna Dumitriu. Luciana Haill will present Pioneer and Apparitions and the background to her practice and ideas including her work with EEG brainwave analysis to explore lucid dreaming. Alex May will discuss the process and challenges of bringing historical and natural forms into the world using augmented reality. The presentations will be followed by a discussion and a chance for the audience to ask questions.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pioneer-art-augmented-reality-and-lost-heritage-tickets-416804091257
06/11/2021 – Brighton Digital Festival
Pioneer : Victorian engineering & ambition in augmented reality. This is the latest in the series of Apparitions and the launch of a new app for smartphones.
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm @ starting outside Volks electric Railway museum
Click here to read more
2019: News – you can now donate to an Android release of the app and I will add Priory Meadow Cricket Ground as the fourth nostalgic experience Click here to view campaign and donate
10.06.19 –The HASTINGS & ST. LEONARDS SOCIETY have rescheduled the event in the piano room ( left at reception) of The White Rock Hotel, 10th June 2019, free to attend, membership available also,
Secretary’s e-mail: hstlsoc@gmail.com
All welcome but please advise of your attendance in advance so that we have idea of number attending.
Drinks purchased at the bar may be brought into the meeting.
H & St. L Society committee – Promoting Our Heritage and Civic Pride
I will be one of the invited speakers for the next AGM Open Meeting of the historical Hastings and St Leonards Society http://hastingsandstleonardssociety.org.uk/event/society-open-meeting-4/
“Apparitions” – New augmented reality artwork reveals iconic lost Hastings landmarks
Augmented reality Artworks exploring gentrification in Hastings & the relationship of history, new technologies, memory & dreams, triggered by vintage postcards.
Download the free app
https://apple.co/2wZohgP
17.04.19 – Glitches & Ghosts, Lancaster University
I will present a twenty minute paper ‘Augmented reality conjuring phantasms creating a nostalgia for a future we cannot experience‘ accepted for this really interesting interdisciplinary conference ‘Glitches and Ghosts’ taking place at Lancaster University – free to register to attend :
www.wp.lancs.ac.uk/glitchesandghosts/2019/01/10/glitches-and-ghosts/
10.12.18 – Apparitions ( surreal lost landmarks)
Friends Meeting House at 7pm, 15A Albert Road, TN40 1DG.
I will be guest speaker with Apparitions, demonstrating the power of Augmented Reality to bring back lost landmarks. Refreshments available, wheelchair accessible. https://bexhillheritage.org.uk/contact#events
10.11.18 – Surreal Lost Landmarks, 5pm ( donations £3 to OHPS )
History House : Old Hastings Preservation Society, 21 Courthouse street, ( the end with The Bourne ) Old town, Hastings.
Facebook event here :
An illustrated with slides and demonstrations talk by Luciana Haill addressing gentrification, lost heritage and how Arts combined with technology can potentially preserve architecture with memories. Guided demonstrations after the talk on hand of new work ‘Apparitions’, close by 7pm
ohps.ofg.uk
22.09.18 Bringing back the bygone with surrealism!
Book free tickets here ( limited space ) Inside the hand carved room ‘Durbar Hall’
A drop in event to experience ‘Apparitions’ on our demonstration iPads and smartphones
and to download for yourselves, take away trigger image postcards and make a model of The Albert Memorial with our cut-out templates. Artist’s talk at 2pm about the Arts Council Lottery funded work and how AR is shaping museum and art experiences.
Hastings museum and Art gallery, 11am-4pm (free) John’s Place, Bohemia Rd, Hastings TN34 1ET
19.09.18 Apparitions in the Azur Charity luncheon (£15) 12pm-2pm
Come along and experience Apparitions and meet celebrities from TV, to access Apparitions a smartphone not essential. My assistants and I will show you how to download it, explore and enlighten you with the history, combining technology & interactive art engagements.
This is charity fundraiser organised by Lord Brett Mclean.
The Azur ( downstairs) Marina Pavillion, Marina, Saint Leonards-on-sea TN38 0BU
01.09.18
Apparitions: Alley (kindly supported by The Alley Association) in Rock House basement.
This afternoon event saw the general public of all ages come along to experience Apparitions on their own iOS devices and we had demonstration kit available. The public were invited to engage with a long ago demolished piece of architecture that stood in the centre of town where Robertson Street meets Carlisle parade, on the boundary with the America Ground. The 3D model created by a local architectural designer appears to float using ͚augmented reality͛ when looking through the camera application of an iPhone or iPad. It is an immersive experience with an accompanying soundtrack, encouraging a new audience to absorb forgotten histories of Hastings and St Leonards.
1pm-5pm The Alley (Rock Alley), Claremont, Hastings.
more information / latest updates here
05.09.18 Artist’s research and development talk with guided demonstrations, 6-8pm
Trigger postcards and free downloads of ‘Apparitions’ and maybe some wine.
Printed Matter Bookshop, 185 Queens Road, Hastings TN34 1RG
more information here on facebook
June 2018 :
The Hastings Observer newspaper has shown interest and I am very pleased they have mentioned my artwork Apparitions. Using ‘Augmented Reality’ on their smartphones, the audience are taken back in time with models and soundscapes encapsulating the life span of missing heritage gems in the local area ; St Leonards Pier and Clocktower Memorial.
This photo in the newspaper was taken by me and what you are looking at is actually the augmented 3D ‘Virtual’ model of the Clocktower appearing on Lord Brett (as he is holding the postcard trigger image ) seen through the screen of the tablet using ‘Apparitions’ app, in its beta phase…
www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/technology-helps-to-bring-back-a-hastings-landmark-1-8540752
May 2018 :
Storyboards for the 3 experiences are being made, for sounds and animations. Appointed a 3D designer from local firm Cooper8 Ltd in Hastings, initial style and complexity of the two models discussed.
Attended the The Museums + Heritage Show on 17 May 2018 at Olympia in London
www.show.museumsandheritage.com – looking for new AR in arts technology and advice
Lord Brett invited me to show the technology and research at one of his luncheons in The Azur in St Leonards on May 16th, demonstrated Apparitions app on iPhone and iPad to a group of guests and had feedback.
April 2018 :
SkyArts50 informed me the Artwork & project was into second round for the Post Brexit British funding applications, eventually I was not shortlisted into the final 50 funded projects. Attended Future Tourism VR event in Sunbury Upon Thames, was informal networking and series of talks by VR / AR specialists.
Submitted paid advertising designs to Coastal Currents for this years brochure, hopefully new artists work features in marketing as much as existing repeat ones.
March 2018 :
The Arts Council of England awarded the project a small grants for the arts fund which is the green light to begin work, some self funded, support in kind from Judge Sampsons, Hastings museum and Alex May a 3D designer.
Public updates :
11.11.17 – 1st phase beta testing iPhone / iPad
01.04.18 – ACE funding achieved
03.06.18 – 3D models in development using Sketchup
21.06.18 – first binaural soundscape version delivered
18.07.18 – two drafts of soundscapes & 3D models in SketchUp optimised for smartphones
23.08.18 – collection of postcards from Judge Sampsons, our sponsor.
01.09.18 – Apparitions in The Alley, Rock Alley, Claremont, Hastings
19.09.18 – Azur Charity fundraiser with Lord Brett and friends
22.09.18 – Durbar Hall, Hastings museum showcase event
10.11.18 – OHPS old town hastings guided talk 5pm
02.12.18 – Bexhill Heritage society – artists talk with demonstrations
2019 – Gofundme began for Priory Meadow Cricket ground and Android build
2021 – ACE funding for Pioneer, the sea-faring train- a stunning feat of Victorian engineering & ambition
2021 – Pioneer launches in Brighton Digital Festival, November 5th.
2022 – Apparitions 1.1 version for Android and Apple launches in May
2022 – Augmented Reality Art Symposium and showcase of Pioneer & Apparitions at Ugly Duck, London from 2pm-10pm
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