Center for Digital Urban Living

Announcing Media Architecture Biennale 2012

2012-04-25T08:37:53Z

We are happy to announce that the second Media Architecture Biennale will be hosted in Aarhus, November 15-17. Building on the successful event in Vienna 2010, The Media Architecture Biennale 2012 brings together artists, academia and industry in the continued exploration of the meeting between architecture and digital media.

With public exhibitions, a conference and a series of workshops, the biennale offers many ways to participate and get involved. See the sections below for more details.

The 2012 biennale will extend the existing format with an academic conference track, new exhibition, awards and industry sessions, as well as a full day of workshops.

MASTER CLASS WITH JOOST SCHREVE

2012-04-04T07:44:25Z

PRESENT AN INNOVATION PROJECT AND GET FEEDBACK FROM A SILICON VALLEY INSIDER

6 individual AU students/teams will get the chance to present an innovation project idea to Joost, e.g. an app, an online forum or service, etc. Each participant will have a 20 min time slot incl. discussion and invites slides and audio/visual material. Everyone is welcome to sit in on the event.

Joost will evaluate the ideas presented, share his experience and offer unique insider's tips on what it takes to make it in the Valley.

Submit an A4 page with an illustration and a presentation of the idea to the @ below no later than Friday, April 13, 2012, 12:00. 6 AU student entries will be selected to present on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 14:15-17:00 in Peter Bøgh Andersen Auditorium, Nygaard Building, Katrinebjerg, Helsingforsgade 14, 8200 Aarhus N.

More info and submissions:
PhD fellow Michael Mose Biskjaer, Digital Design, AU.
@: imvmmb@hum.au.dk Tel.: +45 87161961

ABOUT JOOST SCHREVE

Originally from the Netherlands, Jooest Schreve has lived in Palo Alto, Silicon Valley since 2004. While studying for his MBA at Stanford Business School, Joost hatched the idea for a new way to share travel experiences online via location aware devices. He grew the idea into the leading web community of its kind, EveryTrail.com incl. iPhone and Android apps. After 5 years of great heights and deep lows, he successfully sold EveryTrail to TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel site. Hoost now leads the TripAdvisor City Guide product line and continues to thrive in Silicon Valley.

GUEST LECTURE BY JOOST SCHREVE FROM SILICON VALLEY

2012-04-04T07:01:12Z

BUILDING A CAREER AS AN ENTREPENEUR IN THE HEART OF SILICON VALLEY

Jooest Schreve moved from his home country the Netherlands to Silicon Valley, California, in 2004. He spent the first two years there studying for his MBA at Stanford Business School in Palo Alto.

During his studies he came up with the idea for a new way to share travel experiences online via location aware devices. Together with a small team of engineers he created Everytrail.com and grew it into the leading online community of its kind. After five years of great highs and deep lows, he successfully sold Everytrail to TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel site. He now leads the TripAdvisor City Guide product, and continues to be very excited to be in Silicon Valley, the world's leading innovation center.

In his talk Jooest will address key lessons learned and share his experience on being an entrepeneur in Palo Alto and Silicon Valley.

The lecture is on Monday, April 16, 14:15-16:00,
Large Auditorium, INCUBA Science Park,
Katrinebjerg, Åbogade 15, 8200 Aarhus N.

Host:
PhD fellow Michael Mose Biskjaer, Digital Design, AU.
@: imvmmb@hum.au.dk Tel.: +45 87161961

WORLD OF THE NEWS

2012-01-30T09:50:59Z

The worlds greatest peer-reviewed newspaper of in/compatible research presents cutting edge in/compatible research in an accessible FREE tabloid format.

The content of the newspaper derives from a Ph.D. workshop and conference held in November 2011, at University of the Arts, Berlin, organised by researchers from Centre for Digital Urban Living in collaboration with transmediale/reSource for transmedial culture and the Vilém Flusser Archive.

The newspaper is also the thematic publication of this years transmediale festival in Berlin, and follows a previous publication of a peer-reviewed newspaper published by Digital Aesthetics Research Centre in 2011, Nyhedsavisen: Public Interfaces.

01 Feb 2012, 17-18:00 the editors Geoff Cox and Christian Ulrik Andersen (Centre for Digital Urban Living) will launch the newspaper at transmediale festival/Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin.

The articles addresses how different technologies, their cultures of use, and their conceptualisation at once represent compatibilities and incompatibilities. What happens when such in/compatible phenomena are brought to the fore rather than hidden away in the dark underbelly of digital culture? Is their in/compatibility a threat to stability, connectivity and to the operations of socio-technical systems more broadly? How do these unresolved tensions and paradoxes of media technologies continue to impact experimental artistic imagination and research practices?

The newspaper provides an insight into current research from academics, practitioners, and Ph.D. researchers from an open call. Leading up to the November workshop at University of the Arts, Berlin, and subsequent to it, a blog has been gathering draft articles and discussions, reflecting on the key issues. This collaborative ‘peer-review’ process is further developed during the festival itself, on 01 February, 2012. So, although this may seem like old news in many ways, in terms of research practices, it breaks with some of the current academic conventions of peer-review, academic reputation, and what constitutes proper scholarly activity.

The newspaper partly addresses academia’s increasing demand for publication of academic peer-reviewed journal articles. Perhaps researchers need new visions of how to produce and consume research? In the light of questions such as “how to measure research?” and “what constitutes a knowledge platform?” World of the News addresses the broader context of its own production. These questions are especially important in a situation where the re-organisation of universities across Europe as well as cuts in the cultural sector are being increasingly determined by the market. Unlike education in many countries, the newspaper is FREE.

Further information:
http://www.transmediale.de/content/launch-thematic-publication-world-news

BLOG: http://darc.imv.au.dk/incompatible/
DOWNLOAD: http://darc.imv.au.dk/incompatible/
PUBLISHERS: transmediale/Digital Aesthetics Research Centre, Aarhus University
DESIGNERS: Manuel Bürger, Timm Häneke, Till Wiedeck
EDITORS: Geoff Cox & Christian Ulrik Andersen
CONTRIBUTORS: Christian Ulrik Andersen, Cesar Baio, Tatiana Bazzichelli, Zach Blas, Morten Breinbjerg, Geoff Cox, Lina Dokuzović, Jacob Gaboury, Kristoffer Gansing, Baruch Gottlieb, Jakob Jakobsen, Ioana Jucan, Dmytri Kleiner, Thomas Bjoernsten Kristensen, Magnus Lawrie, Giannina Lisitano, Aymeric Mansoux, Alex McLean, Rosa Menkman, Gabriel Menotti, Andrew Murphie, Jussi Parikka, Søren Pold, Morten Riis, Lasse Scherffig, Cornelia Sollfrank, Mathias Tarasiewicz, Tiziana Terranova, Marie Thompson, Nina Wenhart, Carolin Wiedemann, Siegfried Zielinski

Smart Aarhus and AU Energy / Smart Cities

2012-01-24T00:42:38Z

Digital Urban Living is part of the launch of a big flagship initiative called "Smart Aarhus". Chaired by the Muncipality of Aarhus, Aarhus University, Central Denmark Region, The Alexandra Institute and industry partners have set out the formulate a comprehensive vision for the digital development of the City of Aarhus and it's surroundings.

Smart Aarhus will be launched Tuesday, January 24. There's a website <www.smartaarhus.dk>, Facebook page and Twitter stream if you want more info. An international website will also be available shortly.

The launch coincides with the announcement of Aarhus University's initiative AU ENERGY / SMART CITIES. This effort will coordinate smart city-related activites all across of Aarhus University in an effort to provide a comprehensive platform for tackling the challenges for radical digitization of cities and societies.

For more information on SMART AARHUS and AU ENERGY / SMART CITIES, contact associate professor Martin Brynskov, Center for Digital Urban Living, via email (brynskov@imv.au.dk) or mobile (+45 30680424).

Konference: Byens Digitale Liv

2012-01-25T22:26:09Z

Kom og få Adam Greenfield og Ben Hammersleys bud på Byens Digitale Liv ved konferencen "Indsigter og fremtidsmuligheder set fra Center for Digital Urban Living"

VELKOMMEN TIL BYENS DIGITALE LIV

Smart Cities rykker lige nu længere og længere op på beslutningstagernes dagsorden. Byernes mange data skal gøres tilgængelige for borgere, politikere og virksomheder. Men byen skal også have et digitalt kultur- og oplevelsesliv. Det handler konferencen om den 22. marts 2012 i Musikhuset Aarhus. [ONLINE TILMELDING]

DEM HENVENDER KONFERENCEN SIG TIL:

Offentlige og private beslutningstagere
Konsulenter i kommuner, regioner og nationale myndigheder
Arkitekter, forretningsudviklere og byplanlæggere
Journalister og mediefolk
Iværksættere og kulturfolk
Folk med interesse i oplevelsesøkonomi

DET FÅR DU MED HJEM FRA KONFERENCEN:

To bud på Byens Digitale Liv i fremtidens smarte byer fra to af de skarpeste iagttagere på området:

Adam Greenfield er digital urbanist med base i New York. Han er direktør for Urbanscale og har blandt andet skrevet den indlydelsesrige bog "Everyware" og skriver for tiden på bogen "The City Is Here For You To Use".

Ben Hammersley er digital pioner fra London. Han er redaktør på Wired UK, teknologi-ambassadør for den engelske premierminister og medlem af EU's rådgivningsgruppe for frihed og pluralisme i medierne.

Bogen Byens Digitale Liv, der udkommer på dagen for konferencen, udleveres til deltagerne.

Indsigter i og fremtidsmuligheder for byens digitale liv set fra Center for Digital Urban Living. Det strategiske forskningscenter adresserer nye former for digital urban levevis og giver bud på digitalt liv i form af borgerkommunikation, mediearkitektur, digital kulturarvsformidling og digital kunst.

Resultater af samspillet mellem offentlige og private virksomheder i Center for Digital Urban Living. Erfaringer fra bl.a. BIG | Bjarke Ingels Group, Martin Professional og Aarhus Kommune.

Konferencen foregår på dansk på nær indslagene med Adam Greenfield og Ben Hammersley.

MELD DIG TIL KONFERENCEN HER

Det er muligt at betale med kreditkort, elektronisk faktura/EAN.

Praktisk Info:

TIDSPUNKT:
22. marts, 2012
10:00 - 16:00

STED:
Musikhuset Aarhus, Lille Sal
Thomas Jensens Allé
8000 Aarhus C

PRIS:
1.950 kr.
Studerende: 975 kr.

Inkl. bogen "Byens Digitale Liv", der præsenteres ved konferencen.
Inkl. frokost og kaffe.

TILMELDING:
Klik her for tilmelding

Det er muligt at betale med kreditkort, elektronisk faktura/EAN.

Tilmeldingsfristen er d. 20. marts, 2012.

PROGRAM:

09:00 - 10:00 | Registrering.

10:00 - 10:10 | Velkomst ved borgmester Jacob Bundsgaard.

10:10 - 10:15 | Introduktion, centerleder Kim Halskov.

10:15 - 11:05 | Adam Greenfield, CEO, Urbanscale, New York.

11:05 - 11:30 | Pause.

11:30 - 11:45 | e-Publicering i offentlige rum, Lars Kabel.

11:45 - 12:00 | Borgerkommunikation, Martin Bynskov og Sophie Esmann Andersen.

12:00 - 12:15 | Softwarebyens kunst, Christian Ulrik Andersen.

12:15 - 12:30 | Deltagelse i byens digitale liv, Ole Iversen.

12:30 - 13:15 | Frokost.

13:15 - 14:05 | Ben Hammersley, redaktør, Wired UK, London.

14:05 - 14:20 | Pause.

14:20 - 14:35 | Visiolink, Jens Funder Berg, direktør.

14:35 - 14:50 | Martin Professional, Leif Orkelbog-Andresen, Business Area Manager.

14:50 - 15:05 | Aarhus Kommune, Jan Beyer Schmidt-Sørensen og Line Gerstrand Knive.

15:15 - 15:45 | BIG, Andreas Klok Pedersen, partner.

15:45 - 16:00 | Afslutning.

16:00 - 17:00 | Drinks og Instant Kafé i foyeren.

YDERLIGERE INFORMATION:
E-mail: info@digitalurbanliving.dk

Ole Iversen contributes to BeArt

2012-01-16T12:59:50Z

Professor and DUL researcher Ole Iversen recently contributed to the development of BeArt - a tool for disadvantaged young adults in Ribe art museum. Using iPads and QR codes the users are able to express themselves and create their own artwork. By involving the users in the design process the developers achieved a better understanding regarding needs and abilities of the target group. Read the full article here (in Danish).

Sew your own computer, an IT and textiles DIY workshop

2011-12-21T17:23:32Z

Thursday 8th Dec, Digital Urban Living and DARC hosted a DIY workshop on textiles and IT, featuring DIVA artist in residence Valerie Lamontagne.

Danish description (the CfP) of the workshop can be found on DARC's website here. During this full day of sewing, knitting, coding, soldering and concept development, 15 lucky workshop applicants were invited to inhabit the soon-to-be-opened Digital Design Lab at Aarhus University. Here, several quickly made prototypes showed how one might use soft materials to experiment with current and future life with digital objects.

The workshop will be followed by more workshops in the future as soft materials will be one of several technologies available for experiments in the DD Lab. Furthermore, one or more of the prototypes will be further developed with the aim to integrate them into one of the DUL-events at the upcoming 1700th Century Festival in Aarhus (Danish description of the festival). See more photos from the workshop in the album on Google+.

DUL audiovisual installation exhibited in Sydney

2011-11-28T14:17:40Z

The audiovisual installation “Atmosphere – the sound & sight of CO2” is currently exhibited in Sydney, Australia as part of the exhibition Curating Cities. The installation is developed by DUL researchers Tobias Ebsen, Morten Riis, Rasmus Lunding & Morten Breinbjerg. Read more on http://curatingcities.org

Visiting researcher: Andrew Murphie

2011-11-28T12:26:13Z

Andrew Murphie is a visiting researcher from the The School of the Arts and Media at UNSW in Sydney. He is Editor of the open access, online journal, The Fibreculture Journal (digital media + networks + transdisciplinary critique). Andrew’s research examines the productive nature of differential intensity. He works on transformation, crisis and possibility—as these are filtered through generative process in media, arts and philosophy, dynamic modeling of all types, and new forms of cooperation in politics/social organization. He is currently writing a book—Differential Media, Differential Life: the past and future of social organization that rethinks the ‘world as medium’. This diagrams the relations between: media; thinking, feeling and perceiving; Bateson/Guattari’s ‘three ecologies’ of the social, self and environment.
Andrew’s work also draws on electronic arts and design (eg cross signal processing), poststructuralism, process philosophy, ‘speculative pragmatics’ (Massumi), and extended and dynamicist theories of mind. He also works on the new publishing (academic publishing to books, music, journalism), and related events in education and knowledge mobilization and exchange (technics, methods, and new network, information and attentional literacies). Recent publications include: 'Performance as the Distribution of Life: from Aeschylus to Chekhov to VJing via Deleuze and Guattari', ‘Deleuze, Guattari and Neuroscience’ and, with Lone Bertelsen, 'An Ethics of Everyday Infinities and Powers: Félix Guattari on Affect and the Refrain'. He also works with the ‘technologies of lived abstraction’ project at Senselab in Montréal.

In the distant past, he’s worked as a marketing manager and production manager for arts companies, and as a freelance theatre director (e.g. Beckett's shorter plays and Muller's Hamlet-Machine). [http://www.andrewmurphie.org]