What's New
Updates to latest tvOS system.
App Description
Not a video game, Aground is slow cinema or tv: nothing happens in the sense of plot or an open gaming narrative. Instead, the screen frames a simultaneous experience of up-close and distant attentions, a visual soundtrack left or right of center.
Aground appears as a sailing vessel held in suspension, cut off from foreground and background. Sparked by J.M.W. Turner's The Slave Ship, Aground looks at delusion, between the impression and the physicality of space, and the pristine, simulated landscapes corrupted only by our sense of time.
As a live app running at 60 fps, each sliver of a moment is unique. Current weather and historic data specific to the Atlantic passage further shape each of the five scenes. The app is part of a series designed specifically for a social environment, viewed at large scale. Recommendation: select a scene and walk away. In its silence, the work will pull you back.
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App Changes
- May 26, 2016 Initial release
- July 27, 2016 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $6.99
- July 30, 2016 New version 1.01
- November 20, 2016 Price decrease: $6.99 -> $4.99
- November 21, 2016 New version 1.02
- December 15, 2016 Price decrease: $4.99 -> FREE!
- June 13, 2019 Price increase: FREE! -> $249.99
- June 14, 2019 Price increase: FREE! -> $249.99
- June 14, 2019 Price increase: FREE! -> $249.99
- June 15, 2019 Price increase: FREE! -> $249.99
- June 15, 2019 Price increase: FREE! -> $249.99
- June 16, 2019 Price increase: FREE! -> $249.99
- November 11, 2020 Price decrease: $249.99 -> $49.99
- May 06, 2021 Price increase: $49.99 -> $249.99
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