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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: urban space
An essential archipelago of opportunity
Nicholas de Monchaux’s WPA 2.0 entry, Local Code : Real Estates uses geospatial data to map the thousands of abandoned city-owned lots scattered across North American cities. But this is more than just a data viz project: de Monchaux conceives of these spaces as “an essential archipelago of opportunity” for making cities more livable, functional, and sustainable. Continue reading
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Tagged nicholas de monchaux, parametric design, sustainability, urban space
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Serendipity with an edge: A chat with Benrik about Situationist App
[intro]Situationist is an iPhone app that injects surprise and serendipity into everyday life. The app uses geolocation and push notifications to alert members to each other’s proximity, then challenges them to interact in random “situations”. As the artists state on … Continue reading
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Tagged ben carey, benrik, constant nieuwenhuys, henrik dalehag, iphone, serendipity, situationism, urban space
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Subtlemob creator Duncan Speakman on “framing everyday realities”
[intro]Duncan Speakman’s Subtlemob project, “As if it were the last time,” will be taking place in Culver City this weekend as a part of the IndieCade Big Games program [sign up here]. The project immerses audiences in “the cinema of … Continue reading
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Tagged documentary, duncan speakman, indiecade, locative media, subtlemob, urban space
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Another City for Another Life: the unforeseen games of the city of the future
ARGs, pervasive games, and location-based social games echo and reiterate a range of earlier experiments in ambient and locative art. Graffiti, sticker art, mail art, and other kinds of analog methods for creating distributed narratives paved the way for the kinds of practices that are today exploding in number and purpose thanks to ubiquitous computing and the real-time web. Lettrism and Situationism redefined urban space as a canvas for experimentation, play, and collaborative production. Continue reading
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Tagged constant nieuwenhuys, lettrism, locative media, pervasive games, situationism, urban space
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Try to remain invisible: Subtlemob
Duncan Speakman’s As if it were for the last time is a soundwalk and street performance wherein audiences are “invited to download an MP3 and turn up at a secret location to listen to the track at a specified time.” Continue reading
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Tagged ambient storytelling, duncan speakman, improvisation, locative media, participation, performance, soundwalks, subtlemob, uk, urban space
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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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Postopolis LA
Dan Hill at City of Sound recently announced the next iteration of Postopolis, which will run this Spring in Los Angeles. Viz: I’m hugely pleased to be able to announce another Postopolis, this time in Los Angeles, running from Tuesday, … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, conferences, dan hill, geoff manaugh, los angeles, postopolis, storefront, urban space
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Rephotographing Atget
Christopher Rauschenberg writes: Eugene Atget documented Paris from 1888 until his death in 1927. Like many people, I consider him to have been the greatest photographer of all time. Atget straightforwardly documented the city with photographs that give you the … Continue reading
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The Most Ridiculous City in the World
Geoff at bldgblog articulates what makes living in Los Angeles so confounding, liberating and existentially raw: Los Angeles is where you confront the objective fact that you mean nothing; the desert, the ocean, the tectonic plates, the clear skies, the … Continue reading
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