Mark Hellar, Our Asian American Activist Timeline
Miko Lee in collaboration with Mark Hellar and Kaori Furusawa present, Our Asian American Activist Timeline, an augmented reality (AR) installation that underscores key moments in Asian American history which have been overlooked, forgotten or what scholar Helen Zia refers to as “missing in history (MIH)”. By way of inclusion, Miko Lee aims to shift, expand and rewrite Asian American history to commemorate and celebrate the Asian Americans who have fought for equality, social justice and liberation. Activists highlighted range from historic figures to contemporary advocates such as Grace Lee Boggs, Helen Zia, Maria Legarda, Yuri Kochiyama, among others. Mark Hellar and Kaori Furusawa create an interactive augmented reality installation utilizing near-field communication (NFC) technology to present the Asian American Activist Timeline.
About Mark Hellar
Mark Hellar is a leading media art consultant for cultural institutions throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond and owner of Hellar Studios LLC. Mark is working on new media conservation initiatives at SFMOMA, including the conservation and care of their software-based artworks. He has also been an advisory committee member for the Digital Repository for Museum Collections at MoMA and has presented on the conservation of software-based artworks at Harvard University, the Smithsonian Institute, American Institute of Conservation and the DOCAM research alliance.