You are a character in this novel
To read the book, travel to the cities where pages have been painted on real buildings.
THE LABYRINTH
264 Azulejos painted and baked in Caldas da Rainha (a UNESCO Creative City).
Panel tiled at cultural center and concert hall Fábrica Braço de Prata in Lisbon.
BUDA / PEST
Painted at cultural center and ruin bar Manyi - Kulturális Műhely (pre-war building) in Budapest, Hungary
ASCENDING / GROUNDING
100 stairs in Bali, shaped like DNA —
2 strands of a double helix.
One page is read going up stairs (Ascending), and one page is read going down (Grounding).
Both are meditations - written at Awan Connection - cafe, coliving and yoga studio.
THE MIRAGE
Painted at open-air performance venue Mīrārī in Lisbon
WALLS AROUND THE WORLD
London, UK
Rishikesh, India
Pokhara, Nepal
Porto, Portugal
Honolulu, Hawaii
Arambol, India
Medellín, Colombia
Rishikesh, India
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Barcelona, Spain
A journey through every dimension
Some pages can only be accessed through AR/VR>
These pages can be projected onto any wall.
Read the rest of the story on web2.
Imagine if you met the person playing your avatar in the Sims
Or the person who wrote your line of code in the simulation.
The fictional characters in the book currently only exist in 2D, but they want to enter our 3D reality.
Their words already exist on our buildings.
You’ll be able to interact with the characters and bring their artifacts into our physical world.
The story is still being developed in real-time, and new building walls and pages are being added.
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About
The Universe Book is a narrated experience — a video game that you play in real life. You read the book by traveling to the cities where pages have been painted onto physical buildings. Some pages are only accessible via AR/VR (in web3). You can still enjoy the book on web2, without traveling, but you’ll have a more interesting and comprehensive experience if you travel. Simply follow the map and clues along the way.
Mission
The purpose of the project is to make the world more connected through discovery, travel, and adventure. Each of the walls was inspired by real people in those cities. So, the cities are connected, and so are the people in them — through various stories and chance encounters. You can live your own story in each city and help build this global community.
General inquiries: hello@universe-book.com