robertogreco + publicspace 27
DAILY SERVING » Summer of Utopia: Interview with Ted Purves [via: http://randallszott.org/2012/05/25/ted-purves-aesthetics-social-practice-personal-economies/ ]
5 days ago by robertogreco
"I feel like a project is successful if we have had substantive encounters with people, if we have created spaces where a kind of exchange—whether it’s family history, or talking about why something should or shouldn’t be in an art museum, or sometimes it’s just swapping recipes—some form of animated or engaged dialogue comes out, or some sort of story emerges. It means we learn something, a story can be brought forward from that, that’s when things are successful. Another high-five moment comes when there is something compelling to look at. A lot of times when you see a social practice show, it’s either a room full of crap to read, or it looks like a place where they had a party and you didn’t get to go. I’ve been to a lot of those, and they’re not satisfying! You either wish they had just printed a book you could take home and read in your own chair—because it’s not very comfortable to sit in a museum—or you wish that you’d been at the party."
urbanism
rural
cities
urban
suburban
suburbia
suburbs
belief
via:leisurearts
democracy
alteration
change
perception
lemoneverlastingbackyard
wrongness
weirdness
glvo
openendedness
seeing
art
aesthetics
fruit
dialog
publicspaces
publicspace
workinginpublic
disagreement
decisionmaking
debate
negotiation
unplanning
thebluehouse
temescalamityworks
susannecockrell
sharing
2010
overlappingeconomies
capitalism
economics
utopia
thomasmore
socialpractice
tedpurves
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5 days ago by robertogreco
Episode 253: Nils Norman : Bad at Sports
7 weeks ago by robertogreco
"Norman founded an experimental space called Poster Studio on Charing Cross Road, London. This space was a collaborative effort with Merlin Carpenter and Dan Mitchell. In 1998 in New York he set up Parasite, together with the artist Andrea Fraser, a collaborative artist led initiative that developed an archive for site-specific projects.
Norman now lives and works in London Copenhagen. He exhibits internationally in commercial galleries, museum, and in public and alternative spaces. He writes articles, designs book covers and posters, collaborates with other artists, teaches and lectures in European and the US. Norman completed a major design project: an 80m pedestrian bridge and two islands for Roskilde Commune in Denmark in 2005 and is now working together with Nicholas Hare Architects on a school playground project for the new Golden Lane Campus, East London. He has recently finished an artist residency at the University of Chicago, Chicago, USA."
dogooderism
academia
careerism
culture
readerbrothers
lauraowens
making
authenticity
values
trust
productivity
production
productionvalue
local
deschooling
unschooling
communities
dinnerparties
supperclubs
formalization
access
creativepractice
contradiction
mfa
lowresidencymfa
purpose
posterstudio
soprah
situationist
culturalspace
privatespaces
publicspace
institutionalization
bohemia
bohemians
cityasclassroom
cities
gentrification
josefstrau
stephandillemuth
economics
neoliberalism
richardflorida
socialpractice
denmark
chicago
site-specificprojects
roskildecommune
collaboration
arteducation
education
2010
artproduction
nilsnorman
colinward
explodingschool
artists
interviews
art
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Norman now lives and works in London Copenhagen. He exhibits internationally in commercial galleries, museum, and in public and alternative spaces. He writes articles, designs book covers and posters, collaborates with other artists, teaches and lectures in European and the US. Norman completed a major design project: an 80m pedestrian bridge and two islands for Roskilde Commune in Denmark in 2005 and is now working together with Nicholas Hare Architects on a school playground project for the new Golden Lane Campus, East London. He has recently finished an artist residency at the University of Chicago, Chicago, USA."
7 weeks ago by robertogreco
Stranger Studies 101: Cities as Interaction Machines - Kio Stark - Technology - The Atlantic
12 weeks ago by robertogreco
"There are three broad themes during the semester.
1. Why stranger interactions in cities are meaningful
2. The spaces and the significance of the spaces in which strangers interact, and
3. How strangers 'read' each other, how they initiate interactions, how they avoid interactions, how they trust each other and how they fool each other, how they watch, listen and follow each other.
Then there is the secret theme. I want students to fall in love with talking to strangers, to do it more, and to make technology that creates more plentiful and meaningful interactions among strangers."
discovery
serendipity
interaction
darreno'donnell
thechildinthecity
publicspace
janejacobs
josephmassey
ireneebeattie
ervinggoffman
richardsennett
kurtiveson
cosmopolitanism
cities
nyc
gothamhandbook
sophiecalle
paulauster
relationalart
situationist
georgsimmel
rolandbarthes
strangers
2010
kiostark
collaboration
psychology
social
architecture
technology
culture
urban
urbanism
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1. Why stranger interactions in cities are meaningful
2. The spaces and the significance of the spaces in which strangers interact, and
3. How strangers 'read' each other, how they initiate interactions, how they avoid interactions, how they trust each other and how they fool each other, how they watch, listen and follow each other.
Then there is the secret theme. I want students to fall in love with talking to strangers, to do it more, and to make technology that creates more plentiful and meaningful interactions among strangers."
12 weeks ago by robertogreco
Playmakers on Vimeo
february 2012 by robertogreco
"playmakers, a 35 minute documentary, is the culmination of a six month project following the progress of Hide&Seek; game designers Alex Fleetwood and Holly Gramazio through the development of a new game. The documentary was filmed over the first 6 months of 2009 and premiered at the Sheffield Documentary festival. Playmakers will be available to download and view on the 5th of May 2010.
Over the last 50 years play has become an increasingly private activity. Now it is bursting back onto our streets. playmakers explores the emerging area of pervasive games it examines the implications of reclaiming play into the public domain and shows the possibilities offered by new technologies.
Playmakers investigates four main themes:
Part 1: Play…
Part 2: Public space…
Part 3: Technology…
Part 4: Theatre/art…"
[See also: http://playmakers.org.uk/ ]
blasttheory
simonevans
quentinstevens
paulinabozek
duncanspeakman
mattadams
simonjohnson
clarereddington
jackcase
thomasbrock
hollygramazio
alexfleetwood
hide&seek
art
theater
urbanplay
urbangames
parkour
social
urbanism
urban
legal
law
publicspace
fun
ubiquitousconnectivity
ubicomp
geolocation
geocaching
socialgames
gaming
via:chrisberthelsen
playmakers
play
games
rules
arg
pervasivegames
pervasive
2010
howardrheingold
michaelwesch
hide&seek;
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Over the last 50 years play has become an increasingly private activity. Now it is bursting back onto our streets. playmakers explores the emerging area of pervasive games it examines the implications of reclaiming play into the public domain and shows the possibilities offered by new technologies.
Playmakers investigates four main themes:
Part 1: Play…
Part 2: Public space…
Part 3: Technology…
Part 4: Theatre/art…"
[See also: http://playmakers.org.uk/ ]
february 2012 by robertogreco
Adam Greenfield on Connected Things & Civic Responsibilities in the Networked City - YouTube
february 2012 by robertogreco
"Adam Greenfield of Urbanscale, LLC discusses the many technologies used to collect and convey information around public spaces, and the ethical issues underlying them, as well as a proposal for how technologies could be better harnessed for the public good. Jeffrey Schnapp of the Metalab moderates.
The Hyperpublic symposium brings together computer scientists, ethnographers, architects, historians, artists and legal scholars to discuss how design influences privacy and public space, how it shapes and is shaped by human behavior and experience, and how it can cultivate norms such as tolerance and diversity."
publicgood
hyperpublic
urbanism
urban
publicspaces
ethics
metalab
tolerance
behavior
human
publicspace
privacy
internetofthings
connectedthings
cities
civicresponsibilities
networkedcities
berkmancenter
civics
2011
urbanscale
jeffjarvis
adamgreenfield
spimes
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The Hyperpublic symposium brings together computer scientists, ethnographers, architects, historians, artists and legal scholars to discuss how design influences privacy and public space, how it shapes and is shaped by human behavior and experience, and how it can cultivate norms such as tolerance and diversity."
february 2012 by robertogreco
City of Quartz, Fortress LA: The Militarization of Urban Space
september 2011 by robertogreco
"Here, as in other American cities, municipal policy has taken its lead from the security offensive and the middle-class demand for increased spatial and social insulation. Taxes previously targeted for traditional public spaces and recreational facilities have been redirected to support corporate redevelopment projects. A pliant city government--in the case of Los Angeles, one ironically professing to represent a liberal biracial coalition--has collaborated in privatizing public space and subsidizing new exclusive enclaves (benignly called "urban villages")."
architecture
losangeles
california
sociology
mikedavis
security
class
segregation
cityofquartz
redevelopment
publicspace
socialinsulation
urbanvillages
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september 2011 by robertogreco
Adam Greenfield – Public space « Mobile Monday Amsterdam
june 2011 by robertogreco
"Adam Greenfield talks about public space. Bare feet."
momoamsterdam
2011
adamgreenfield
publicspace
conviviality
cities
urban
urbanism
creativity
social
politics
henrilefebvre
robertmoses
urbancomputing
ubicomp
networkedcities
networkedurbanism
walkshops
networkedobjects
cctv
surveillance
larrylessig
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june 2011 by robertogreco
Local Projects
may 2011 by robertogreco
"Local Projects is a media design firm for museums and public spaces. We create a diverse range of installations from large environmental interactives, websites, and mobile applications, to simple experiences composed of thumbtacks, vellum, or conversation.<br />
While innovation drives much of today’s design, we’re interested in creating projects that can endure. For us at Local Projects, interaction design is more than just controlling technology. We create media that is integrated into architecture, and that connects people with the world and each other. We look to create experiences that inspire awe and wonder.<br />
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Many of our projects are about co-creation: gathering visitor stories, or collecting opinions, or memories. We’ve learned that the most incredible material emerges when you create a platform for visitors to communicate."
design
art
culture
architecture
history
mediadesign
museums
publicspace
installation
environment
web
internet
environmentaldesign
localprojects
experience
lcproject
cocreation
community
communication
change
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While innovation drives much of today’s design, we’re interested in creating projects that can endure. For us at Local Projects, interaction design is more than just controlling technology. We create media that is integrated into architecture, and that connects people with the world and each other. We look to create experiences that inspire awe and wonder.<br />
<br />
Many of our projects are about co-creation: gathering visitor stories, or collecting opinions, or memories. We’ve learned that the most incredible material emerges when you create a platform for visitors to communicate."
may 2011 by robertogreco
Agenda | Hyper-Public: A Symposium on Designing Privacy and Public Space in the Connected World
may 2011 by robertogreco
"This symposium will bring together computer scientists, ethnographers, architects, historians, artists and legal scholars to discuss how design influences privacy and public space, how it shapes and is shaped by human behavior and experience, and how it can cultivate norms such as tolerance and diversity."
hyper-public
jonathanzittrain
danahboyd
ethanzuckerman
genevievebell
pauldourish
adamgreenfield
nicholasnegroponte
davidweinberger
events
law
legal
privacy
ethnography
history
art
architecture
publicspace
behavior
experience
2011
tolerance
diversity
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may 2011 by robertogreco
Dark Matter: Activist Art and the Counter-Public Sphere [See also other articles here: http://gregorysholette.com/writings/writing_index.html ]
may 2011 by robertogreco
"Like its astronomical cousin, creative dark matter also makes up the bulk of the artistic activity produced in our post-industrial society. However, this type of dark matter is invisible primarily to those who lay claim to the management and interpretation of culture - the critics, art historians, collectors, dealers, museums, curators and arts administrators. It includes makeshift, amateur, informal, unofficial, autonomous, activist, non-institutional, self-organized practices - all work made and circulated in the shadows of the formal art world. Yet, just as the astrophysical universe is dependent on its dark matter, so too is the art world dependent on its dark energy."<br />
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[Concept mentioned by Randall Szott here: http://intheconversation.blogs.com/art/2008/03/interview-with.html ]
art
culture
politics
media
activism
activistart
vernacular
counter-publicsphere
josephbeuys
proletarian
oskarnegt
alexanderkluge
resistance
subversion
outsiders
artcriticism
tinkering
amateur
glvo
bourgeois
darkmatter
gregorysholette
collectives
culturalresistance
hierarchy
gatekeepers
cultureindustry
artworld
invisibility
economics
temporaryservices
lasagencias
publicspace
tacticalmedia
deschooling
unschooling
zines
diy
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[Concept mentioned by Randall Szott here: http://intheconversation.blogs.com/art/2008/03/interview-with.html ]
may 2011 by robertogreco
Tactical Urbanism Final
april 2011 by robertogreco
"Improving the livability of our towns and cities commonly starts at the street, block, or building scale. While larger scale efforts do have their place, incremental, small-scale improvements are increasingly seen as a wayto stage more substantial investments. This approachallows a host of local actors to test new concepts beforemaking substantial political and financial commitments. Sometimes sanctioned, sometimes not, these actions are commonly referred to as “guerilla urbanism,” “pop-up urbanism,” “city repair,” or “D.I.Y. urbanism.” For the moment, we like “Tactical Urbanism,” which is anapproach that features the following five characteristics: A deliberate, phased approach to instigatingchange; The offering of local solutions for local planningchallenges; Short-term commitment and realistic expectations; Low-risks, with a possibly a high reward; & The development of social capital between citizensand the building of organizational capacity between…"
urbanism
diy
planning
gardening
publicspace
via:grahamje
tacticalurbanism
guerillagardening
space
place
chairbombing
pop-upcafes
pop-uprestaurants
pop-upstores
openstreets
playstreets
situationist
foodcarts
parkingday
cities
urban
mobilevendors
mobility
pop-upeducation
streetfairs
streets
streetlife
plazas
sharedspace
popup
pop-ups
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april 2011 by robertogreco
Adam Greenfield at Cognitive Cities Conference on Vimeo
march 2011 by robertogreco
"Adam Greenfield - On Public Objects: Connected Things And Civic Responsibilities In The Networked City."
cocities
technology
urban
ubicomp
connectedcities
connectedthings
urbancomputing
adamgreenfield
urbanscale
robertmoses
nyc
civicresponsibilities
brunolatour
cities
design
politics
everyware
2011
networkservices
grassroots
smartobjects
information
physicalcomputing
publicobjects
open
readwrite
nonrivalrous
nonexcludable
protocols
publicspace
publicsphere
infrastructure
publicvsprivate
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march 2011 by robertogreco
Salottobuono > projects > DREAMING MILANO
march 2011 by robertogreco
"…Thinking about the internal boundaries of the city, about its “inner front”, means to catch the opportunity of an expansion different from the peripheral one: with other relationships between open spaces and built masses, a different density, a different intensity, proper typologies.<br />
It means also to reflect on the natural environment, not as a landscape fragment romantically survived to urbanization anymore, but as a “productive graft”, structuring space and metropolitan luxury. Cultivated place instead of social diaphragm.<br />
<br />
The deep differences between the metropolitan boundaries and the agricultural land could exacerbate, rather than recompose in a homogeneous tissue.<br />
<br />
On the inner edge of the contemporary city, high-speed drifting fragments of frenetic urbanity float free from intrinsic relations with the traditional organization of the built environment…"
milano
milan
cities
innerfront
landscape
architecture
planning
urban
urbanism
urbanplanning
expansion
endlesscities
growth
monocentriccities
italia
italy
illustration
rail
railways
publicspace
parks
boundaries
environment
urbanization
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It means also to reflect on the natural environment, not as a landscape fragment romantically survived to urbanization anymore, but as a “productive graft”, structuring space and metropolitan luxury. Cultivated place instead of social diaphragm.<br />
<br />
The deep differences between the metropolitan boundaries and the agricultural land could exacerbate, rather than recompose in a homogeneous tissue.<br />
<br />
On the inner edge of the contemporary city, high-speed drifting fragments of frenetic urbanity float free from intrinsic relations with the traditional organization of the built environment…"
march 2011 by robertogreco
Museum of Possibilities - a set on Flickr
february 2011 by robertogreco
"The city of Montréal needed designs to help inaugurate a public space within the new urban development of the Quartier des Spectacles, generating public interest in the vision & future of the area.<br />
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The ‘Museum of Possibilities’ was created for one day during Montréal’s city-wide open day for Museums. Members of the public could pick up a piece of paper & write down what they would like to have happen in that space in the future. Visitors entered the field of balloons to add an ‘entry’ to the museum of possible things which might happen on site. People also received a set of stickers so they could wander through the Museum of Possibilities & add a vote of approval for possible future events. This voting helped to turn ‘possibilities’ into probabilities & gave the client concrete data on public interest.<br />
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A collaboration w/ Melissa Mongiat, Mouna Andraos & Amélie Bilodeau, May 2010<br />
www.livingwithourtime.com "
crowdsourcing
twitter
publicspace
designresearch
possibility
livingwithourtime
mounaandraos
améliebilodeau
montreal
opinion
imagination
balloons
museums
culture
community
the2837university
agitpropproject
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<br />
The ‘Museum of Possibilities’ was created for one day during Montréal’s city-wide open day for Museums. Members of the public could pick up a piece of paper & write down what they would like to have happen in that space in the future. Visitors entered the field of balloons to add an ‘entry’ to the museum of possible things which might happen on site. People also received a set of stickers so they could wander through the Museum of Possibilities & add a vote of approval for possible future events. This voting helped to turn ‘possibilities’ into probabilities & gave the client concrete data on public interest.<br />
<br />
A collaboration w/ Melissa Mongiat, Mouna Andraos & Amélie Bilodeau, May 2010<br />
www.livingwithourtime.com "
february 2011 by robertogreco
YouTube - UMTaubmanCollege's Channel
february 2011 by robertogreco
"University of Michigans Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning hosted the Future of Urbanism conference on March 19 & 20, 2010. An international roster of speakers academics and practitioners addressed some of the most critical issues facing our cities and their environs in six sessions, comprised of 15-minute segments and a panel discussion. Topics included: Urban and Regional Ecologies; Just Cities; MEGACITY / shrinking city; New Publics / New Public Spaces; Urban Imaginary; and Cities as Theaters for Conflict. The presentations were free and open to the public. For more information about the event: www.taubmancollege.umich.edu/futureofurbanism http://www.taubmancollege.umich.edu/news_and_events/events/special_events/futureofurbanism/ "
urban
urbanism
architecture
future
kazysvarnelis
bryanfinoki
saskiasassen
edsoja
bartlootsma
danacuff
christineboyer
benjaminbratton
teddycruz
via:javierarbona
ecology
urbanecologies
megacities
publicspace
urbanimaginary
cities
2010
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february 2011 by robertogreco
Diagonal Mar Park - WikiArquitectura - Buildings of the World
november 2010 by robertogreco
"born in sea & forks, as main branches of trees on 2 axes that branch. 1st axis: promenade where flows of people. 2nd: man's life. In turn these 2 lines are different in 7 areas:<br />
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* 'Branching of the square:' A walk through flowing where visitors to park, from central to sea & promenade. <br />
* 'Branching of man's children - playground:' human life begins with his childhood...a game marked by a small pond & games for children. <br />
* 'Street Taulat:' The park makes a break down this road, from which they have a stunning view of the new district Diagonal Mar. <br />
* 'Gateway Lake:' A zigzag bridge over the lake & lake at foot waterfalls w/ surprising ways. <br />
* 'The Magic Mountain:' The man moved forward in its evolution towards pre-teen age, playing area w/ slides of sinuous shapes in a large green mountain. <br />
* 'Lake:' wide pond of water, twisting steel sculptures that expel water vaporized. <br />
* 'La Plaza:' The meeting place btwn neighbors & intersection of park w/ city & Avenida Diagonal."
parcdiagonalmar
design
playgrounds
publicspace
space
place
barcelona
spain
architecture
landscape
water
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* 'Branching of the square:' A walk through flowing where visitors to park, from central to sea & promenade. <br />
* 'Branching of man's children - playground:' human life begins with his childhood...a game marked by a small pond & games for children. <br />
* 'Street Taulat:' The park makes a break down this road, from which they have a stunning view of the new district Diagonal Mar. <br />
* 'Gateway Lake:' A zigzag bridge over the lake & lake at foot waterfalls w/ surprising ways. <br />
* 'The Magic Mountain:' The man moved forward in its evolution towards pre-teen age, playing area w/ slides of sinuous shapes in a large green mountain. <br />
* 'Lake:' wide pond of water, twisting steel sculptures that expel water vaporized. <br />
* 'La Plaza:' The meeting place btwn neighbors & intersection of park w/ city & Avenida Diagonal."
november 2010 by robertogreco
Often, You Can Film Cops; Just Don't Record Them : NPR
september 2010 by robertogreco
"If the government can record citizens, why can't citizens record the government? That's the question posed by a Chicago artist who faces prison for recording the sound of his own arrest.<br />
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It's generally legal to videotape an on-duty police officer in public, but in some states, recording audio of what an officer says can be a serious crime.<br />
<br />
This Chicago case, in which an artist is charged with violating the state's eavesdropping law, actually began as civil disobedience."
law
privacy
legal
police
doublestandards
surveillance
sousveillance
crime
civics
tcsnmy
classideas
publicspace
wiretaps
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<br />
It's generally legal to videotape an on-duty police officer in public, but in some states, recording audio of what an officer says can be a serious crime.<br />
<br />
This Chicago case, in which an artist is charged with violating the state's eavesdropping law, actually began as civil disobedience."
september 2010 by robertogreco
Clues to Open Helsinki ["Hello from Helsinki 2012"]
august 2010 by robertogreco
"set of postcards feature clues to an open & happier Helsinki. As collaboration btwn Sitra & OK Do, Clues to Open Helsinki is bundle of hints about what might make Helsinki best World Design Capital to date, & in doing so redefines role of design in contemporary city.<br />
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Helsinki has shown world what design means in 2012—& you had starring role! To make our city best design capital in world required active involvement & commitment from many people, some of whom didn’t consider themselves designers…So who did make this happen? Designers, but also farmers…Have you ever thought about decisions you make as acts of design?<br />
<br />
From vantage of future, WDC2012 has surely been an economic driver for city, but also gave Helsinki an opportunity to test out new ideas about how city itself operates. This was essential in aligning economic activity w/ quality of life & real innovation in urban living. All were considered in concert to develop a harmonious municipal platform for transformation…"
helsinki
finland
urbanplanning
adamgreenfield
publicspace
design
space
futures
public
happiness
open
tcsnmy
local
designthinking
gamechanging
lcproject
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<br />
Helsinki has shown world what design means in 2012—& you had starring role! To make our city best design capital in world required active involvement & commitment from many people, some of whom didn’t consider themselves designers…So who did make this happen? Designers, but also farmers…Have you ever thought about decisions you make as acts of design?<br />
<br />
From vantage of future, WDC2012 has surely been an economic driver for city, but also gave Helsinki an opportunity to test out new ideas about how city itself operates. This was essential in aligning economic activity w/ quality of life & real innovation in urban living. All were considered in concert to develop a harmonious municipal platform for transformation…"
august 2010 by robertogreco
jnd: An emergent vocabulary of form for urban screens « Adam Greenfield's Speedbird
july 2010 by robertogreco
"I had the same reaction again the other day. The screens are currently running ads for the Swedish high-street retailer H&M, shot with a high-speed camera – models sloooooowly turning, as a cascade of red leaves ever-so-softly settles over them and to the ground. Just as with the movie posters, I found myself paying the H&M ads an inordinate amount of attention. Because the images’ figural elements evolve so glacially against a stable background, they’d found my cognitive sweet spot, that precise interval at the threshold of visual perception that makes you ask yourself: Wait, did that just change? What part of it? And I minded not at all. (In fact, I found it kind of calming. There’s a word you certainly don’t hear every day in the context of advertising.)"
helsinki
ubicomp
trends
screens
publicspace
digitalmedia
design
photography
advertising
marketing
displays
urbanscreens
adamgreenfield
subtlety
slow
perception
intriquing
july 2010 by robertogreco
BLDGBLOG: Slow Box
june 2010 by robertogreco
"The project, Egashira explains on his website, "required the construction of an over-sized camera vehicle (Slow Box) and an archive space (After Image). Slow Box can fit a person inside its wooden structure. It travels across villages with a help of an agricultural tractor."
architecture
photography
bldgblog
publicspace
cameras
japan
collaboration
slow
design
devices
shinegashira
june 2010 by robertogreco
Performing Public Space
march 2010 by robertogreco
"Bringing the work of 11 LA-based artists & artist collectives to La Casa del Túnel, Tijuana, Performing Public Space presents new performances and artworks alongside growing archives of ‘non-art’ actions documented on the streets, parks and plazas of LA & Tijuana.
events
exhibition
mexico
tijuana
publicart
public
borders
publicspace
march 2010 by robertogreco
Cities Powered by Open Source — The Civic Hacker
february 2010 by robertogreco
"These developments are huge and these cities deserve to be lauded as great pioneers, but we also need to help support them and to spread these kinds of policies to other cities. You can learn more and contribute to the creation of resources for open cities with the nascent OpenMuni project."
cities
policy
opencities
government
opensource
openaccess
opendata
publicspace
vancouver
portland
sanfrancisco
february 2010 by robertogreco
Open City: Designing Coexistence - Part 1, Community - we make money not art
december 2009 by robertogreco
"Today, the very diversity that once activated our cities threatens to dissolve them: cities are turning into archipelagos; public infrastructures are splintering; and public spaces are being left to wither. Differences between rich and poor, conflicts among ethnic groups, and the proliferation of gated communities and security zones are some of the symptoms that point to the urgent need to re-address the idea of Open City and translate it into concrete intervention strategies. How can architects and urbanists stimulate and design social, cultural, and economic coexistence?"
wmmna
cities
coexistence
architecture
design
urbanism
urban
planning
policy
opencities
publicspace
infrastructure
culture
society
disparity
class
wealth
exhibits
december 2009 by robertogreco
David Byrne’s Perfect City - WSJ.com [via: http://www.nearfuturelaboratory.com/2009/09/12/david-byrne-urbanism/]
september 2009 by robertogreco
"There’s an old joke that you know you're in heaven if the cooks are Italian and the engineering is German. If it's the other way around you're in hell. In an attempt to conjure up a perfect city, I imagine a place that is a mash-up of the best qualities of a host of cities. The permutations are endless. Maybe I'd take the nightlife of New York in a setting like Sydney's with bars like those in Barcelona and cuisine from Singapore served in outdoor restaurants like those in Mexico City. Or I could layer the sense of humor in Spain over the civic accommodation and elegance of Kyoto. Of course, it's not really possible to cherry pick like this—mainly because a city's qualities cannot thrive out of context. A place's cuisine and architecture and language are all somehow interwoven. But one can dream."
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september 2009 by robertogreco
Seattle Central Library: Civic Architecture in the Age of Media: Places: Design Observer
august 2009 by robertogreco
"not only traditional book & library that has become threatened by new digital & electronic media, but traditional forums of public life itself...current popular culture promotes this belief...suggest that city might no longer be something to escape, but something to which we should remain “connected.” Nevertheless...technology exists between ourselves & city, as if to suggest our bodies cannot be located there w/out it...Though Koolhaas’s initial training as screenwriter has often been noted, his Seattle project suggests connection to media culture in fact now transcends linear narratives & scenographic strategies of film structure alone, involving new references to the potentially more interactive strategies of the digital age. Most importantly, this engagement with contemporary visual culture has occurred not by reducing architecture to mere backdrop for the digital, but by once again employing the spatial & temporal tactics natural to it to engage us more fully in collective life."
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august 2009 by robertogreco
#2 Every Building with a Shoebox in it’s Basement « geobloggers
june 2009 by robertogreco
"a + b + c) Overtime a building will gain a corpus of photos not only of itself but also it’s neighbors.
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