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Tamworth Regional Gallery has launched its latest exhibition Changing Face of the Peel which tells the story of city’s river and illustrates how human use of the river has changed over time.
The project has been developed over the last 18 months and will also deliver three pieces of permanent public art to be installed along the river.
It’s an exciting exhibition for gallery director, Bridget Guthrie, who has driven the project.
It brings together the work of 12 local artists and Ms Guthrie said “the beauty of this project is that it combines current technology” of augmented reality and traditional art.
“It provides another layer of information and provides that opportunity to bring a photograph to life.”
The exhibition will run through the 2017 Tamworth Country Music Festival to draw in as big an audience as possible and to show how “progressive” the city is.
Two of the public art pieces will be officially unveiled on Saturday, while the highly-anticipated Picasso guitar will be welcomed in January.
“With public art, it really does help to leave that legacy for the community,” Ms Guthrie said.
“It leaves a more permanent story within the community.”
Amy Hammond contributed some traditional weaves to the exhibition.
“Our weaving, it holds stories,” she said.
“Old weavers talk about it, saying that no basket or woven item is ever empty because you were thinking about something or someone at the time of its creation.”
Ms Hammond was excited about the what augmented reality could add to the story-telling aspect of her works.
“The augmented reality was a way we could bring dance into it, we could bring song, we could bring language, we could bring the physical part of weaving and people can view that through their phones and iPads,” Ms Hammond said.
“I love it and it will be exciting to see what the community think of it.”