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Jeff Watson is an artist, designer, and Assistant Professor of Interactive Media and Games at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
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Tag Archives: public space
Revel: a geolocative app with an emphasis on play and public space – call for participation
PEG-LA co-conspirator Sarah Brin is one of the coordinators of Revel, “a public invitation to participate in fun, social, and adventurous challenges on streetcorners, in parks, and in all parts of town. [The Revel] iPhone app organizes missions by type … Continue reading
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Tagged cfp, challenges, groundcrew, participation, public space, revel, sarah brin
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Jeff Hull on The Games of Nonchalance: a guerrilla street war against banality and routine
In the Games of Nonchalance, participants experience a vast transmedia interactive narrative woven into the fabric of the Bay Area, following threads of story and mystery through city streets and a wide array of on- and offline media artifacts. I caught up with Jeff Hull shortly after his appearance at IndieCade. Continue reading
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Tagged arg, bay area, jeff hull, jejune institute, nonchalance, pervasive games, public space, san francisco, situationism, street art
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Trap doors and hatches all around: Jeff Hull on infusing variability and play into the workaday world
Nonchalance’s practice stands at the intersection of three core concepts: Narrative, Consciousness, and Space (both public and private). Founded in Oakland in 1999 by director Jeff Hull, the organization’s primary goal is to infuse more variability and play into the civic realm. Continue reading
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Tagged arg, bay area, jeff hull, jejune institute, nonchalance, oakland, oaklandish, pervasive games, public space, san francisco, street art
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Hand from Above
Hand From Above encourages us to question our normal routine when we often find ourselves rushing from one destination to another. Inspired by Land of the Giants and Goliath, we are reminded of mythical stories by mischievously unleashing a giant hand from the BBC Big Screen. Passers by will be playfully transformed. What if humans weren’t on top of the food chain? Continue reading
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Tagged bbc, chris o'shea, interactive video, liverpool, public space, screens, video
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Version 2010 Chicago: Sustainable tactics and strategies for communities, resources, and networks
Chicago’s Version 2010 (April 22 to May 2, 2010) is “now seeking proposals and presentations about tactics and strategies that help sustain our communities, find better uses of our resources, and maintain and expand our networks.” Continue reading
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Tagged chicago, diy, performance, proximity magazine, public space, strategies, street art, sustainability, tactics, urban space
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Pachube
I’ve been researching network-connected buildings and data services for my location-based storytelling project. Along the way, I discovered Pachube, a web service that enables the tagging, linking and sharing of sensor data from real-world objects and environments: The key aim … Continue reading
Sekai Camera: Tagging Physical Space
Tonchidot defines their amazing Sekai Camera–in Japanese, World Camera– as a "social tagging device" for the iPhone. It combines most technologies in the iPhone 3G, from the camera and the GPS to the internet connectivity and its microphone. When you … Continue reading
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Tagged gps, iphone, public space, sekai camera, space, tagging
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Narrative, Play and Social Space
A brief statement describing my academic research and development objectives at the commencement of my PhD. Continue reading
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Tagged narrative, play, public space
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Improv Everywhere: Time Stops at Grand Central
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Tagged flash mobs, improvisation, public space
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