TOMORROW AT 10 A.M., RIGHT HERE.
OOH, LOOK AT THAT!
>> Tati: TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED
ALMOST EVERYTHING WE DO
NOWADAYS, TO WATCHING TV AND
DRIVING OUR CARS, AND NOW IT’S IMPACTING THE WAY WE SEE ART.
IMPACTING THE WAY WE SEE ART.
LOCAL ARTIST TIM YANKEE IS USING
AUGMENTED REALITY TO MAKE HIS
ART FORM COME TO LIFE AND JUMPED
OFF THE CAMPUS.
YOU CAN SEE BUTTERFLIES FLOAT
AROUND YOU OR IGNITE FROM BEHIND
AN AMERICAN FLAG.
THIS IS AMAZING!
HOW DOES HE DO THIS?
LOOK AT THIS ART!
HE IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE ART
HE HAS CREATED AT PARK WEST
GALLERY IN SOUTHFIELD.
GOOD MORNING, TIM.
>> GOOD MORNING, TATI, HOW ARE
YOU?
>> Tati: GREAT, GOOD TO HAVE
YOU.
>> LIKEWISE.
>> Tati: YOU CALL THIS AUGMENTED
REALITY ART.
HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THIS
CONCEPT?
>> BEING AN EVOLUTIONIST, BEING
AN ARTIST, YOU LOOK AT THINGS
DIFFERENT.
AND THE CONCEPT ISN’T MINE, ALL
COOL TECHNOLOGY, IT COMES FROM
THE MILITARY.
AND YEARS AND YEARS AGO, IT WAS
RELEASED AND I CAME ACROSS IT IN
A DOCUMENTARY.
EVOLVE, MOTION, LIFE, MOVEMENT, TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
GO TO A WHOLE NEW SUB STRAIT.
AND TAKING IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
KEEP EVOLVING.
YOU HAVE TO EVOLVE.
AND SO, I MEAN, DON’T JUST BE
COMFORTABLE WITH PAINTING ON A
TWO-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE.
I MEAN CAVEMEN AND CAVEWOMEN
STARRED IT, AND WE’VE EVOLVED.
>> Tati: SHOW US WHAT YOU HAVE
WITH YOU.
>> THIS HAS TAKEN OFF LIKE
WILDFIRE, THREE YEARS IN THE MAKING.
IT’S A FREE APP, MOVING CANVAS
IN THE APP STORE AND WORDS ON
ANDROID AND APPLE.
AND I DID IT ON ALUMINUM.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT I BECAME IS
AN ABSTRACT ARTIST AND
INCORPORATED MY LOVE FOR MUSIC.
AND SO I THOUGHT, WELL, YOU CAN
SEE I HAVE THE FLAG AND OTHER
IMAGES THAT COME TO LIFE.
IF YOU GO ON THE WEBSITE, YOU
CAN SEE DIFFERENT VIDEO OF IT.
YOU HAVE YOUR APP HERE.
AND YOU HIT START, AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN, IT COMES ALIVE, AND YOU
CAN GO BACK IN THERE AND BE A
PART OF IT.
SO IT BRINGS THE ART INTO YOUR
LIVING ROOM OR WHEREVER YOU ARE
OUTSIDE.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IT’S NO
LONG AREA THREE-DIMENSIONAL
PIECE AND HIT RESET.
HAVE PEOPLE COME OVER AND OPEN A
GLASS OF WINE AND LOOK AT YOUR
ART AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA IT’S
GONNA COME ALIVE.
SOME MAY LOOK AT THIS AS THE
NEXT STEP, BUT I SEE IT AS THE
FIRST STEP.
THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING FOR
ME.
SO IT’S A LOT OF FUN.
>> Tati: IT’S VERY COOL.
AND AS AN ART APPRECIATOR AND
LOVER, THIS IS COOL TO ME.
>> Tati: CAN PEOPLE STILL SEE
YOUR WORK?
IS IT AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE?
>> YES, 29469 NORTHWESTERN
HIGHWAY HERE IN SOUTHFIELD.
I SIGNED UP WITH THEM AS A
FULL-TIME ARTIST ALMOST 20 YEARS
AGO, AND PEOPLE SAY, HOW LONG
HAVE YOU BEEN A PAINTER OR AN
ARTIST?
SINCE I CAN REMEMBER, WHEN I
LEARNED HOW TO SCRIBBLE.
I CONTINUED WITH THE SCRIBBLING
AND BECAME A WORLDWIDE ABSTRACT
ARTIST EVOLVING INTO DIFFERENT
SUBSTRAITS, AND I’VE BEEN ON
BOARD FOR A LONG TIME.
AND TO BE SURROUNDED BY
INCREDIBLE ARTISTS, PICASSO,
RENOIR, AND TO BE SURROUNDED
WITH SUCH TALENT IS HONORING AND
HUMBLING AS WELL.
I’M VERY FORTUNATE TO BE A PART
OF THIS.
>> Tati: THIS IS SO COOL!
LIKE YOU’RE DOING SOMETHING
AMAZING AND THE ART LOOKS
BEAUTIFUL, AND YOU CAN ENJOY IT
AS IT IS.
THE TECHNOLOGY TAKES IT TO A
WHOLE NEW LEVEL.