Find out what’s hidden…
Hidden In Plain Site: Richmond is a VR exploration of distinct, but easy to overlook sites around Richmond, VA, that tells the story of the Black experience throughout history. Featuring actual examples from various angles and ages, these sites will be brought to impactful life through current appearance augmented with historical imagery. Our goal is to inform and educate while changing how residents and visitors see and experience their city.
By traveling through time and around the City of Richmond – we will reveal examples of tremendous history without monuments. Of a Black experience that exists around corners and at times under your feet. We’ve selected just a few sites that help illustrate what tells important stories that don’t have statues that stop you in your tracks. With the right perspective, we can create the monuments ourselves.
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The Black history of Richmond exists all around our city no matter what monuments stand. The ones with the most pain are the most hidden. The most buried. We drive by them, we walk over them. In some cases we even park on them. But if we squint, if we remember, we can change our paths and our patterns. Change how we see the city as we commute through it. With help, we can revere and learn from that which is Hidden In Plain Site.
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Hidden In Plain Site: Richmond was created by J. Dontrese Brown, Dean Browell, and David Waltenbaugh. And produced by BROWNBAYLOR™, Feedback, and Root VR.