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A new art exhibit from the Sculpture Center in Cleveland takes place in six East Side neighborhoods. But in order to see the art, you need a smartphone and an app. It鈥檚 a scavenger hunt of sorts where people visit specific locations and see the art revealed via augmented reality.

鈥淎ugmented reality or AR is basically just the invisible image of something that you can only see through your digital device,鈥� said exhibit curator Robin Robinson. 鈥淪o, it's a separate experience than just the everyday reality.鈥�

For instance, along E. 99 ^th Street and Buckeye Road a sphinx appears above the greenspace. In order to see it, you have to download the app. While holding the phone, as if to take a picture, the art appears within the frame.

鈥淚t鈥檚 kind of like a fourth dimension,鈥� Robinson said.

"Rising from the Ashes" by Vince Robinson (no relation to Robin Robinson) as seen above the greenspace at E. 99th Street and Buckeye Road in the "Crossroads: Still We Rise" exhibit using the 4th Wall app. [Carrie Wise / 海角破解版]

The exhibition, 鈥淐rossroads: Still We Rise,鈥� features art by 12 Black artists living in Cleveland or with ties to the city at 12 different East Side locations.

鈥淚t鈥檚 called 鈥楽till We Rise鈥� because we chose six communities on the East Side of Cleveland that are depressed, 鈥榙epressed,鈥� kind of socially and economically devastated from a long history of redlining and different things that happened to this side of Cleveland,鈥� she said.

Another art site is the Forest Hill Park Footbridge in East Cleveland, built where oil baron John D. Rockefeller once summered. Photographer Gina Washington鈥檚 piece appears virtually in front of the bridge and features several portraits of her subjects. Through the app you can also hear their voices.  

About a mile or so away off of Euclid Avenue, people can discover artist Ed Parker鈥檚 sculpture of a cluster of guns, all pointed down.   

鈥淭hey had a gun collection over at Kinsman and 82 ^nd,鈥� Parker said. 鈥淚 got the guns and started thinking about all of the children that have gotten hurt and kids that have gotten hurt and put that piece together."

"From a moment to a movement... down with guns" by Ed Parker as seen outside his arts complex in East Cleveland in the "Crossroads: Still We Rise" exhibit using the 4th Wall app. [Carrie Wise / 海角破解版]

A photograph of Parker鈥檚 sculpture appears while using the app next to his creative arts complex, where among many things, he showcases his art.

鈥淒uring my short life I鈥檝e done over 3,000 pieces,鈥� he said, extending an invitation to show his gallery space another time.

When people discover the art around the city, Robinson said she hopes they strike up conversations with residents and explore the neighborhoods. 

鈥淭here's so much commonality,鈥� she said. 鈥淭here's no reason for, you know, the judgment, the prejudgment of these communities.鈥�

"Listening Eye" by Charmaine Spencer as seen at Woodland Cemetery in the "Crossroads: Still We Rise" exhibit using the 4th Wall app. [Carrie Wise / 海角破解版]

Some of the other  include Woodland Cemetery and Cory United Methodist Church.

The Sculpture Center also has a complementary display of all 12 of the pieces at its building. There will be shuttle tours to the sites and opportunities to meet the artists during the exhibit鈥檚 run through September 25.