# Artists use AR to ‘rewild’ a London shopping centre

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/artists-use-ar-to-rewild-a-london-shopping-centre/
- Published: 2023-06-27T09:45:22-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo credit: Katie Edwards. Article by Tom May. Creative Boom – June 15, 2023. Living in a city means you have many great things, but access to nature isn’t one of them. In fact, 75% of Londoners reportedly live with insufficient access to green spaces. Weirdly, though, studies have shown that mere exposure to pictures of nature can positively impact our mental wellbeing. That’s because looking at natural images increases activity in brain regions that regulate emotion and attention and helps increase alpha-wave activity associated with relaxation and meditative states. […] Click here to view original web page at www.creativeboom.com