Interactive City Call for Proposals ISEA2006 Symposium http://www.urban-atmospheres.net/ISEA2006/
Proposals Due: 9 December 2005Final Decisions: 10 February 2006
"Never confuse the map with the Territory"–Empire of the Sun, J.G. Ballard
The city has always been a site of transformation: of lives, ofpopulations, even of civilizations. With the rise of the mega city,however; with the advent of 24/7 rush hours; with the inexorableconversion of public space into commercial space; with the rise ofsurveillance; with the computer-assisted precision of redlining; withthe viral advance of the xenophobic, the contemporary city is weighteddown. We dream of something more. Not something planned and canned,like another confectionary spectacle. Something that can respond toour dreams. Something that will transform with us, not just performchange on us, like an operation.
The Interactive City seeks urban-scale projects for which the city isnot merely a palimpsest of our desires but an active participant intheir formation. From dynamic architectural skins to composite skyportraits to walking in someone else's shoes to geocaches of urbanlore to hybrid games with a global audience, projects for theInteractive City should transform the "new" technologies of mobile andpervasive computing, ubiquitous networks, and locative media intoexperiences that matter.
The Interactive City is one of four major themes to be featured atISEA2006 Symposium + ZeroOne San Jose Festival. Interactive Cityproposals should embrace aspects of the city of San JosZ specificallyand/or the surrounding metropolitan San Francisco Bay Area. Pleasevisit the Interactive City web page for a list of early round acceptedprojects and a partial list of urban sub-themes.
http://www.urban-atmospheres.net/ISEA2006/
Let us experience your vision of the Interactive City!
Eric PaulosInteractive City, ChairISEA2006
ISEA2006 Calls for Participationhttp://isea2006.sjsu.edu./calls.html
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– Steve DietzDirector, ZeroOne: The NetworkDirector, ISEA2006 Symposium +ZeroOne San Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Edgehttp://isea2006.sjsu.edu : August 5-13, 2006