There's an app for that

City art? There's an app for that

By NANCY TOUSLEY TUE, MAY 25 2010

Reposted from the Calgary Herald

Now this is getting with the program: The City of Calgary Public Art Program has launched an app that allows visitors to make a self-guided tour of 16 works of art in downtown Calgary by using an iPhone.

The app includes photographs, audio and details about each piece and the artist who created it. A geospatial component helps users locate the individual installations plotted on a map of the downtown, and pinpoint their real-time position on the circuit.

"The 16 artworks included in the tour span a four block radius in Calgary's Centre City," say Dianne Quan, program coordinator for the Public Art Program.  It takes about one hour to complete the walking tour the old-fashioned way and guided tours continue to run every first Thursday of the month.

"The iPhone app lets people do the tour on their own time. It's another way to engage citizens in the art."

Some facts about the tour supplied by the Public Art Program:

Distance: 1.2 km through downtown buildings, including seven different Plus-15 corridors

Duration: Allow 40 - 50 minutes to complete the circuit.

Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible.

Hours of access: Most +15 corridors are open Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Cost: Free.

Artwork: 14 to 16 interesting public art pieces from the Civic Art Collection.

Location: Suggested starting point is the south entrance of the Municipal Building (8th Avenue and 2nd Street S.E.) by the parking pay station. The tour is primarily indoors with just a few quick jaunts outside.

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