Lumino MTL 16th Edition

City-Wide Public Art Discovery – Montreal

We transformed Lumino’s city-wide art installations into an interactive discovery experience, making it easier for visitors to locate artworks while gamifying exploration across downtown Montreal.

City Activation

What We Did

Campaign: Lumino MTL Interactive Map

Lumino MTL showcases large-scale light and digital artworks installed across downtown Montreal. While the installations are spread throughout the city, visitors often had to either juggle between multiple web map pages or rely on a static image of the festival map to locate the artworks.

Homies simplified the experience by integrating every installation as an exact geolocated Lynks Point directly inside the Homies app.

Visitors could:

  • Open a live map with all Lumino installations pinned
  • Navigate easily to the precise location of each artwork
  • Claim the point upon arrival
  • Track their progress across multiple installations
  • Collect a commemorative  badge as a digital souvenir

By centralizing all artworks inside one interactive map, Homies made it easier to explore, more engaging, and more rewarding.

Objective

Improve accessibility and increase engagement with public art

The goal was to:

  • Make it significantly easier to locate each artwork
  • Reduce friction caused by switching between web pages
  • Encourage visitors to explore more installations
  • Introduce a gamified layer that motivates continued discovery

By turning static map locations into interactive, claimable points, Homies transformed passive viewing into an active city-wide experience.

Results

Simplified navigation and deeper exploration

Participants were able to:

  • Locate installations faster and more accurately
  • Visit more artworks in a single outing
  • Track their personal exploration progress
  • Engage with the festival in a structured, rewarding way

The campaign demonstrated how Homies can enhance large-scale public art events by combining precise geolocation, gamification, and measurable engagement into one seamless mobile experience.

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Lumino MTL 16th Edition

City Activation

We transformed Lumino’s city-wide art installations into an interactive discovery experience, making it easier for visitors to locate artworks while gamifying exploration across downtown Montreal.

Campaign: South-West Advent Calendar

City Activation

We launched a city-wide scavenger hunt as part of Montreal’s Advent Calendar, where players visited local businesses to earn daily prizes. The experience was designed to drive foot traffic, help people discover new brick-and-mortar stores, and reward participation with thousands of dollars in prizes provided by local merchants.

The "Saint-Jean festival" by les Guinguettes

Festival

As part of the festivities of Quebec’s FĂȘte Nationale, Les Guinguettes invited Homies to create a quest where visitors learned about Canadian poet and publisher Gilles Vigneault, and its iconic song Gens du pays, defining Quebec’s Independence Anthem - Festival rewards were granted upon completion

Mu Montreal

Art

Homies crafted a quest to guide users to a hidden mural, offering them a tradable digital token that unlocks an AR experience through image recognition—all while educating them about the artwork

Mamie Clafoutis

Retail

Homies crafted a quest to drive customers to Mamie Clafoutis' new location, rewarding them with a tradable digital token while gathering insights on engagement.

Cocooning Cafe & Beagle Bagel

Retail

Homies launched a Halloween-themed scavenger hunt, introducing users to Cocooning Café and The Beagle Shop with a redeemable store rebate, boosting brand discovery.

Les Givrés

Retail

Homies led users on a quest to Les Givrés, rewarding them with a digital token to redeem a new ice cream flavor, boosting foot traffic and local engagement.

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