Urban Screens & Public Space

Urban Screens &

Public Spaces

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Andrew Eisenberg

Urban Screens – the Urbane Potential of Public Screens for Interaction

Mirjam Struppek

The Urban Screen as a Socializing Platform: Exploring the Role of Place within Urban Space

Ava Fatah gen. Schiecks, Carolina Briones, Chiron Mottram

Art and Social Display in the Branding of the City: Token Screens of opportunities for difference?

Julia Nevas

Screen Media: Individual

Screen Media: Individual

“In contrast to the mobile screens integrated in phones, PDAs, laptops etc., which display content for an individual, Urban Screens focuses on the public urban audience, on joint and widespread reception of media content.” - Mirjam Struppek

Urban Screens

Urban Screens

Urban Screens

Urban Screens: Objectives

- Promoting interaction, fearless confrontation and contact with strangers

Urban Screens

Urban Screens: Objectives

- Promoting interaction, fearless confrontation and contact with strangers - Promoting formation of public sphere by criticism, reflection on society

Content / Location

Bath

Urban Screens: Objectives

- Promoting interaction, fearless confrontation and contact with strangers - Promoting formation of public sphere by criticism, reflection on society - Promoting social interaction and integration in the local neighborhood

BBC Big Screens

BBC Big Screens

Back to Bath

Urban Screens: Objectives

- Promoting interaction, fearless confrontation and contact with strangers - Promoting formation of public sphere by criticism, reflection on society - Promoting social interaction and integration in the local neighborhood - Supporting understanding of current development of high-tech society

Consumer Behavior

Times Square, New York

The 59th Minute

Urban Screens: Objectives

- Promoting interaction, fearless confrontation and contact with strangers - Promoting formation of public sphere by criticism, reflection on society - Promoting social interaction and integration in the local neighborhood - Supporting understanding of current development of high-tech society - Supporting conscious participation in the creation of public space

Public Space: Alternative

Public Space: Alternative

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