Smart [ er ] Event | Spectacles | Other Senses

Smart[er] Event | Spectacles | Other Senses

Case Studies + Situated Technologies

[1]

Claiming existing public spaces + Do it yourself tactics

[1] ParaSiteMichael Rakowitz

The UniprojectStreet Lab

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfqi_oql6ms

ParaSITE

proposes the appropriation of the exterior ventilation systems on existing architecture as a means for providing temporary shelter for homeless people.

The UNI

a portable reading room. The goal is share books, showcase the act of learning, and improve public space.

[2]

Rules of Engagement + Event with technologies

[2] Light BridgeSusanne Sitinger(MIT Media Lab)PhillipsCISCO

Light Bridge

Sensors in the display respond to the movement of pedestrians on the bridge and ambient data such as the weather

The responsive infrastructures of tomorrow.http://vimeo.com/23963465

[3]

Making new public spaces + Claiming left over spaces

[3] High LineJames Corner Field Operations Diller Scofidio + RenfroPiet OudolfLowlineDan Barasch

The High Line

a public park built on an historic freight rail line elevated above the streets on Manhattan’s West Side.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-yEb4JT-A8&feature=player_embedded

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/855802805/lowline-an-underground-park-on-nycs-lower-east-sid

The Low Line

Underground public park project under planning…

The light, which looks like a hybrid of fluorescence and natural sunlight, changes as you watch.

[4]

Orchestrate events by community members + Civic media

[4] What’s upLeo BurdMIT Center For Civic MediaSpring SpreeMIT Senseable City LabBBVA

What’s up

software platform designed to allow people in a small geographic community to share information, plan events and make decisions, using media that is as broadly inclusive as possible.

http://civic.mit.edu/whats-up

Spring Spree

how we can better understand the city environment based upon the digital footprints left behind by its inhabitants.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J3T3UjHbrE&feature=player_embedded

[5]

How to make sense of the dynamics + Interactive technologies

[5] Hyper MatrixHyundai MotorsMedia Artist Group: Jonpasang IRIS by HYBE Da Vinci Idea Program(2012) by Seoul Art Space

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wWD3kxV1og&feature=player_embedded

IRIS

…a unique media canvas with matrix of conventional information display technologyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhdG7OltXnU&feature=player_embedded

Hyper Matrix

…a unique media canvas with matrix of conventional information display technology