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Event “Invisible Design” 14 March 2011, De Unie, Rotterdam
(Willem de Kooning Academy & Rob van Kranenburg are organizing an evening about ubiquitous computing and design. The announcement is in Dutch) Computers worden steeds kleiner en onzichtbaar geïntegreerd in ons dagelijks leven, zie de RFID in de OV-chipkaart. De openbare ruimte is nu een intelligente, genetwerkte omgeving waarin mobiele devices met elkaar communiceren. Dit…
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CFP: Ethnographic Fiction & Speculative Design workshop, 29 June-2 July 2011, Brisbane, Australia
(This Call For Papers reached us via the Anthropology & Design mailinglist. It looks like an interesting exploration of how ‘end-users’ might become more involved in the shaping of pervasive computing. Anne Galloway is co-organizer). Introduction While pervasive technology development and implementation proceed apace, the potential social and cultural implications – including the ways in…
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Event “Forum on Future Cities”, 12-13th April 2011, MIT Cambridge
(Mmm.. this should be interesting..) Over the next few decades, the world is preparing to build more urban fabric than has been built by humanity ever before. At the same time, new technologies are disrupting the traditional principles of city making and urban living. This new condition necessitates the creation of innovative partnerships between government,…
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Event “Tagging the City”, 8 March 2011, Utrecht, Impakt
Utrecht New Media Evening #5: Tagging the City Tuesday 8 march 2011, Impakt HQ Today’s cityscapes are tagged not only with traditional graffiti out of the spray can, but also with what could be called ‘digital graffiti technologies’. RFID tags and Photos and Youtube videos placed on Google maps also mark and control virtual and physical…
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Review: Aurigi & De Cindio (2008) – Augmented urban spaces
Aurigi, A., & De Cindio, F. (2008). Augmented urban spaces: articulating the physical and electronic city. Aldershot: Ashgate. (The introduction is a free read from the website). This book from 2008 had been on my desk for quite some time but finally I got around to do a review. It is listed in a recent…
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Wireless Stories: optimism and doubts about the future of public space
Last week the Dutch Mediafund and the Design department of the Sandberg Academy organized the conference Wireless Stories: new media in public space. The Mobile City was invited to provide the opening keynote (by Michiel de Lange) as well as a closing statement (yours truly), so here are my observations of the day: What struck…
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CONFERENCE RESEARCH, LECTURES & WORKSHOP
Wireless Stories is a four-month masterclass for digital media designers and traditional media makers organized by the Design department of the Sandberg Institute and the Dutch Media Fund. On February 17 2011, the event kicks off with a public conference. The Mobile City contributes research for the conference, gives two lectures, and acts as guest-instructors…
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The search for immersion in Geomedia
Imagine if photography was only used to create images for product catalogues. No artistic use came to mind, no aesthetics deemed nesessary. It’s not a strange thought experiment. This, following Bolter and Grusin’s book Remediation, is roughly speaking what happens to any new medium when it enters society. Painting for example didn’t really start going…
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CfP ENTER: DATAPOLIS Prague Deadline 22|2|2011
Prague Call for Participation | Deadline 22|2|2011 ENTER: DATAPOLIS (April 14-17, 2011) is the 5th art | tech biennale held in Prague, Czech Republic, organized by CIANT. http://festival-enter.cz Exhibitions | Performances | Lectures | Debates | Workshops | Screenings DATAPOLIS is a call for theory and practice based proposals addressing emerging interactions of media technologies,…
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Call: Apps for Amsterdam, Waag Society (Amsterdam) 16 feb 2011
Kick-off Apps for Amsterdam 16-2-2011 On 16 February the Apps for Amsterdam contest will have its kick-off at the Waag in Amsterdam. Apps for Amsterdam is an initiative to make accessible as much data of Amsterdam as possible. Developers are invited to send in their applications that use available information of the (local) government. Open…
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Sander Veenhof’s NBeep6 – a free and anonymous 6bit communication channel in Cameroon
Yesterday I visited the Mobile Monday meet-up in Amsterdam, and came across some interesting presentations. I particularly liked the presentation of Dutch artist Sander Veenhof. Over the last few years Veenhof has grown into one of the more interesting practitioners that explore the possibilities of mobile media technologies from a fresh and sometimes somewhat estranging…
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Event: Mobile Monday Amsterdam #19 Mobile Stories (Amsterdam, January 31 2011)
Mobile Monday Amsterdam # 19 Limited RSVPs will be available via this meetup page on Monday, January 17th, 12:00 sharp A sneak peak on what to expect: What: MoMoAms #19 Date: Monday, January 31st, 2011 Time: 15:00-19:00 (Speakers start 16:00, drinks till 21:00) Where: De Duif (Prinsengracht 756, Amsterdam) Lineup: 1) Jyri Engeström – speaker at…
