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Native Land, Paris Nov 21 March 15
The Fondation Cartier (in Paris) is putting up an interesting exhibition later this month, curated by photographer /filmmaker Raymond Depardon and philosopher Paul Virilio. The title is Native Land Stop Eject or Terre Natale in French. In a videoclip, Paul Virilio summarizes the main themes of the exhibit: ‘ Our identity is our place of…
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ImageRadio 2008, Eindhoven 30 October – 2 November
Image Radio is a yearly festival in Eindhoven, consisting of an Art Show, Symposium, Live Cinema concerts, Artist Talks and an Expert Meeting. The festival is also an experiment, critical reflection, and preview of how new media in public space impact our cultural, social and physical surroundings. The increase of display devices, data clouds, sensor…
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Mobile social networking: what are the most important issues?
The Center for Mobile Communication Studies (CMCS) at Rutgers University is ‘trying to get a sense of what leading thinkers see as important issues concerning mobile social networking.’ So if you consider yourself a leading thinker, why not give them a hand and fill out their survey? The final report will eventually be published here.
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Call for Qualifications: Towards the Sentient City
The people at the Architectural League of New York have been at the forefront of the debate about the Mobile City. In 2006 they organized a symposium on Architecture and Situated Technologies, and in 2007 they launched the Situated Technologies Pamphlet Series. Now it seems, it is time to put the theory into practice. They…
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Results of survey available
Dear all, We have digested the results of the survey, and made them available here. We thank all of you who have taken the effort to give us feedback. We really appreciate it! ==The Mobile City organization== Executive summary of the results: Some 39 people have given feedback about the conference. Overall, the feedback has…
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The Mobile City Conference (Rotterdam 2008)
The Mobile City Conference (Rotterdam 2008) In 2008, The Mobile City organized its first conference in collaboration with the Netherlands Architecture Institute, and the research groups New Media, Public Sphere and Urban Culture at the University of Groningen & Playful Identities at the the Erasmus University Rotterdam & University of Utrecht. The conference was realized with the…
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The Mobile City is FULLY BOOKED!!
The Mobile City conference is NOW FULLY BOOKED!! At this point, registration is no longer possible. All registered participants should have received a confirmation from the conference organization via email. == The Mobile City organization ==
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Conference program, maps, workshop documents online
Dear all, Only a few days left! We’ve put a number of documents online: * The conference program (PDF 3.5 MB. You will get this program in print upon registering). * Printable map of the conference venue, and the restaurant on Feb. 27 (PDF 180 KB). For more info about how to get there, please…
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Ecopet
In the weeks leading up to The Mobile City Conference, we will feature a number of art works, research projects and (commercial) applications created and carried out by some of the participants of The Mobile City. Today: Eco-Pet is a research project developed at the MIT Mobile Experience Lab, in collaboration with the Province of…
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Keynote abstracts released; Conference might sell out
We have updated the program of the Mobile City Conference with the abstracts and titles of our 4 keynote speakers. You will find the full program here. The registration process is in full swing right now, with many new attendees registered over the last few days. At the time of writing this post, there is…
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Sat Nav Mishaps
In the weeks leading up to The Mobile City Conference, we will feature a number of art works, research projects and (commercial) applications created and carried out by some of the participants of The Mobile City. Today: Twan Eikelenboom. He is a New Media writer with a specific research interest in locative media, currently active…
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Downpinn, Demolight, LeuchtMal & LayerPlayer
In the weeks leading up to The Mobile City Conference, we will feature a number of art works, research projects and (commercial) applications created and carried out by some of the participants of The Mobile City. Today: the work of Christoph Emenlauer, architecture student at the University of Stuttgart and author of Derwohnblog. Currently he…