The Network Architecture Lab continues “Discussions on Networked Publics,” a series of panels examining how technology and social changes are transforming the public realm, held at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation’s [GSAPP’s] Studio-X Soho Facility, 180 Varick Street, Suite 1610, New York City. The second panel, on “place” will occur on March 25 at…

Situated Technologies Pamphlet 6: MicroPublicPlaces Spring 2010 Marc Böhlen and Hans Frei In response to two strong global vectors: the rise of pervasive information technologies and the privatization of the public sphere, Marc Böhlen and Hans Frei propose hybrid architectural programs called Micro Public Places (MMPs). MPPs combine insights from ambient intelligence, human computing, architecture,…

International Festival for Sustainable Immobility http://www.ElectroSmogFestival.net http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=365624342173 http://www.DeBalie.nl/live March 18 – 20, 2010 Concept ElectroSmog is a new festival that revolves around the concept Sustainable Immobility. The festival will introduce and explore this concept in theory and practice. With Sustainable Immobility we refer to a critique of current systems of hyper mobility of people and…

Wednesday March 17, 20:50 Teleac + VPRO (two Dutch public television stations) will broadcast the program Labyrint about the internet of things. Guest speakers are Christian van ’t Hof (Rathenau instituut), Rob van Kranenburg, Bart Jacobs (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen), Jaap-Henk Hoepman (TNO), Melanie Rieback (VU). More info here [in Dutch] >>

Our friend down under Larissa Hjorth forwarded this Call for Papers for a special issue of Convergence Journal about mobile gaming and convergent mobile media. Convergence Special Issue Distractedly engaged: mobile gaming and convergent mobile media Deadline for full and final submissions: 31 July 2010 From casual games on the mobile phone to fully-fledged networked,…

The Dutch chapter of Mobile Monday will organize a meeting about “Internet of Things and Beyond”. From their announcement: Why does a superpower like China focus on the internet of things? Did you know Gartner reported that by year end 2012, physical sensors will create 20% of the non-video internet traffic? In the March edition of the McKinsey…

From March 22 – April 3, the Netherlands Media Art Institute and Time Frame will host ‘The Media City’ workshop, dedicated to the exploration of narrative architecture and social interaction on public spaces. The Media City is a specialized project development workshop for urban projections in Amsterdam. From March 22 to April 3, eight top…

This is a call for art projects that fit the topic of ‘the City as Interface’. Impakt Online invites artists, architects, urban planners, researchers, programmers and the like to submit their proposals for online projects that consider the city as interface, buildings as responsive surfaces, mobile phones as tools for playing and mapping, and technological…

The widespread employment and adoption of ubiquitous computing, sensor networks and mobile media into the urban environment have unforeseen implications for how our cultures might come to use networked digital resources to change the way we understand, build, and inhabit cities. Visible Cities presents a revolving programme on how emerging technologies are changing the cities…

[In Dutch] Met de toenemende digitalisering van de openbare ruimte, gaat de informatiesamenleving een nieuwe fase in. Een invasie van informatietechnologie neemt bezit van deze ruimte: van de OV-chipkaart en betaalmobieltjes tot genetwerkte auto’s en het real time web. Tezamen vormen ze een gigantisch net waarvan overheden, bedrijven maar ook burgers zelf gebruik maken om…

The world-wide mobility explosion is an enormous challenge for designers. How can we convince people that current forms of continuous mobility are no longer ecologically sustainable? Should mobility simply be made unaffordably expensive? Or can we design viable alternatives As a prelude to the ElectroSmog festival De Balie in Amsterdam will present a showcase of…

Call for projects on digital facades: Open Up Deadline: December 10, 2009 Dates of the workshop: February 9 through 23, 2010 Venue: Medialab-Prado in Madrid (Spain). Worskhop tutors: Jordi Claramonte, Chandler McWilliams, Casey Reas, and Víctor Viña. Directed and coordinated by Nerea Calvillo. Open Up is a workshop focused on the development of projects for the digital façade in Medialab-Prado’s…