Before place-storming, there was bodystorming. Developed by Proboscis, one of my dissertation case studies, bodystorming experiences are one of the ways these UK researchers and designers “challenge notions of interactivity” by bringing the physical and material to bear on the creation of the digital and virtual:
“We use bodystorming within our project teams to act […]
Jane McGonigal is one of my favourite researchers on play, performance and mobile computing. She’s a PhD candidate in Performance Studies at the University of California at Berkeley and her dissertation is on location-based play and performance at the turn of the 21st century. I first heard Jane speak on 5 Urban Search […]
Annie Martin is pleased to announce the launch of relaxation : songs for city dwellers. This multiple audio CD explores the urban sound environment while questioning the concept of relaxation as commodity.
launch: November 26, 2004 6-8 pm
drop in and listen: December 4, 2004 12-5pm
Cinesalon, 372 Ste-Catherine W., Suite 420, Montreal
Michel Maffesoli still wears a classic bowtie. The Sorbonne’s old Salle Durkheim has acquired some lighting and a sound system but the banks of benches still rise in a steep pitch of undusted oak. Its still the intimate turf of the now global ‘tribus’ Maffesoli. His students and colleagues met to celebrate Maffesoli’s […]
MODULATIONS
Paul A Kennon Memorial Symposium
Rice University School of Architecture
“MODULATIONS, the fourth Kennon Symposium, gathers an international and multi-disciplinary roster of scientists, designers, theorists and engineers to reassess the history of the MODULE in mid-20th century architecture and examine the implications of its revitalization in current design practice. Rediscovering the world as modulations between atomized components […]