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Monkeystack developed a digital experience app for the new Galkangu – Bendigo GovHub building, located in regional Victoria. Working in collaboration with Arterial Design, and co-creatively with the artists and Wartaka* (*Wartaka is a Djaara Working Group made up of Elders and knowledge holders from different clans), we created an engaging app that explains the building’s design features in detail.
The app’s experiences include a language learning game with pronunciations, an indigenous plant catalogue, and an AR (Augmented Reality) experience that connects physical artworks to First Nations storytelling through digital interpretation. The ‘Circle of Elders’ AR experience is located at the entrance of the building by ‘Ngurare Beng Marna’ (Important, Big Meeting), a sculpture by a local Djaara/Bangerang artist.
“Galkangu: building with Djaara” acts as a digital companion for visitors of the Galkangu – Bendigo GovHub building, providing an additional layer of content to discover more about the inclusion of Dja Dja Wurrung design elements and language within the building’s architecture, landscaping and spaces
