The augmented reality app Kinfolk has designed monuments to Black and brown heroes that users can then place in the real world
was sweeping the nation, inspiring millions of people to hunt for cartoon monsters by venturing through their towns and cities and across the world.
Kinfolk’s app works using your smartphone’s camera function. Open the app and “place” an image of a monument wherever you wish. You can then walk around the monument, read about that historical figure’s history and listen to related music or interviews about them. For now, the monuments only appear on your phone’s version of the app, and disappear when you close the appEach virtual monument is thoughtfully designed. Kinfolk handpicked artists to collaborate on how the AR monuments look.
This release from Kinfolk added a geo-specific element to the app: last weekend, the only place you could see the monuments of Yanga, Biddy Mason, and Beatrice Alva was in Los Angeles’ Grand Park, where Kinfolk threw a public party complete with live music, DJ sets and digital art-making.
Brewster expects to meet resistance, especially at a time in which school boards and local leaders are increasingly rejecting the spreading of Black history. “We’re going to try to go to Richmond, New Orleans, and other cities that are deeply entrenched in that. That is definitely going to increase the amount of angry emails we’re going to get,” he says.
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