King Britt and Joshua Mays win art prize

King Britt and Joshua Mays’ Dreams, Diaspora And Destiny (2018)
The duo’s sight and sound installation is declared Best of Philly: Best Public Art
Philadelphia DJ and producer King Britt’s Mural Arts And Blue Design collaboration with American artist and muralist Joshua Mays has won the Best of Philly: Best Public Art award. Called Dreams, Diaspora And Destiny, their prizewinning piece is a large scale augmented reality mural in the Conestoga neighbourhood of Philadelphia. It’s designed to be experienced in conjunction with a smartphone app that brings life to the piece through image recognition and a score made up of recordings and interviews with the local community.