[artinfo] urban drift
Sibylle Lacheta
s_lacheta@hotmail.com
Tue, 23 Apr 2002 16:17:39 +0200
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We would be grateful if you could pass this on to architects/designers
who may be interested in contributing.
Thank you.
+++CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS+++
URBAN DRIFT - 2002
OCTOBER 16th-20th 2002
++symposium +++ nightscapes +++ urbaninterfaces
URBAN DRIFT is a network for the development of trans-cultural urban
strategies.
Over the past 3 years, URBAN DRIFT has formed part of the berlinbeta
media festival, as a symposium which offers a platform to cutting-edge
architects and designers for whom the city is a medium, and architecture
a communicative tool for new urban strategies.
++The network represented by URBAN DRIFT++
Concentrating on urban voids, gaps and residual, or peripheral zones and
public spaces, members of URBAN DRIFT act as tacticians for a
contemporary urban praxis, developing a discourse within Berlin as one
of the primary cities of flux. Our aim is to communicate architecture
and urban design to a wider audience, to extend the boundaries of
architectural discourse, and to maximise the potential of
interdisciplinary practice. We speculate on the need to point the way to
contemporary architectural practice and urban design as the steering and
managing of processes; on the need to move from formalism to flux
management.
++URBAN DRIFT 2002++
This year urban drift is a 5 day event with a rich mix of talks and
presentations by day, screenings, thematically based visuals, lectures
and sound-scapes by night, along with open offices, in which
architecture and design studios engage with the urban drift themes and
reveal innovative hybrid spaces and working methods.
++planned location++
The event is set to take place in the Umspannwerk, a 19th century power
station in Berlin-Kreuzberg, which has recently been renovated as a
location for large-scale cultural events.
++conference++
Mobile cultures and new urban strategies
The two-day conference will examine the impact of mobile
telecommunications systems and media on architecture and urban design
strategies. We will involve artists, architects, designers, theorists
and activists in mutual discourse.
CONFERENCE THEMES
++ Technical Mobility: Interaction design; the design of flows++
an examination of the impact of interactive and embedded technologies on
contemporary design processes in architecture and design in the urban
sphere.
++ Mental Mobility: Network urbanism++
an exploration of new coalitions between architects, artists, designers
and urban planners. How is the role of the architect and designer
adapting to the demands of network practice, and =B3flux management=B2, and
what tools are being employed to visualize increasingly complex,
multi-layered urban processes?
++ Mobility vs. place: Re-humanizing technology and connective
urbanism ++
How do architects and designers recreate a sense of place and counteract
the speed of the media-driven cityscape? On urban voids, the reanimation
of residual urban spaces, and on re-engaging the public in urban design
processes.
++ Tactical mobility: effective Strategies for the redevelopment and the
repoliticisation of public spaces,
=B3architecture is threat management=B2 =AD Mark Wigley
a discussion amongst architects and media tacticians with relation to
urban space. On =B3flexible response=B2, on intervening in and changing
perceptions of the cityscape. On architecture as a medium.
++call for papers++
We welcome abstracts and short papers for inclusion in the conference
and accompanying presentations. We also welcome relevant texts and
essays for inclusion in the planned publication and the web site
(textzone).
Please send abstracts of about 300 words =AD to:=20
<mailto:info@urbandrift.org>info@urbandrift.org
+++when+++ initial proposals should reach us by May 5th 2002.
++URBAN DRIFT_THE NIGHT SPACE++
The space will provide a temporary, transformational and flexible
situation for artists, architects and designers to present their
proposals and investigations within a more informal setting.
Communicating an =B3emotional urbanism=B2 and drawing from the situationist
d=E9rive, Urban Drift=B9s night space will encompassStalks, readings, slide
projections, screenings and urban soundscapes.
+++themes+++urban futures =AD real and virtual, shopping malls and garage
settlements, the alchemy of urban narrative, urban nomadism and mobile
technologies that foster a restless, edgy urban perspective,
psychogeographies, scanning/mapping the city, displacement, and
peripheral urban zones, in short, the 'inexhaustible inventory of the
streets' (Benjamin)
++CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS++
We welcome the following from urbanists ++ video works for
screening@umspannwerk, slide shows, proposals for readings,
performances, sound-pieces++
++ posters++ will form a significant part of the night-spaceS we welcome
polemic, statements and images dealing with the above mentioned themes.
++ Formats++
slides 35mm or larger / vhs / svhs / mini-dv / quicktime files /
cd-rom / jpeg files /
Initial proposals should reach us by e-mail by May 5th 2002
Please mail proposals for participation to:=20
<mailto:info@urbandrift.org>info@urbandrift.org
Or - post viewing copies of material/slides/related information to
Attn: Francesca Ferguson
C/o Datenflug
Urban Drift Project Space
Zehdenickerstr 21
10119 Berlin
URBAN DRIFT
Initiatorin/K=FCnstlerische Leitung: Francesca Ferguson,
Zehdenickerstr 22, 10119 Berlin
<mailto:info@urbandrift.org>info@urbandrift.org
____________________________________________
Produktion: flora&fauna media GBR
Heike Bl=FCmner / Lizzy Fichtl
Wollinerstr 18/19, 10435 Berlin
<mailto:info@flora-fauna.de>info@flora-fauna.de
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to architects/designers<br>
who may be interested in contributing.<br>
Thank you.<br>
<br><br>
+++CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS+++<br>
URBAN DRIFT - 2002<br>
OCTOBER 16th-20th 2002<br><br>
++symposium +++ nightscapes +++ urbaninterfaces<br><br>
URBAN DRIFT is a network for the development of trans-cultural=20
urban<br>
strategies.<br><br>
Over the past 3 years, URBAN DRIFT has formed part of the=20
berlinbeta<br>
media festival, as a symposium which offers a platform to
cutting-edge<br>
architects and designers for whom the city is a medium, and
architecture<br>
a communicative tool for new urban strategies.<br><br>
++The network represented by URBAN DRIFT++<br>
Concentrating on urban voids, gaps and residual, or peripheral zones
and<br>
public spaces, members of URBAN DRIFT act as tacticians for a<br>
contemporary urban praxis, developing a discourse within Berlin as
one<br>
of the primary cities of flux. Our aim is to communicate
architecture<br>
and urban design to a wider audience, to extend the boundaries of<br>
architectural discourse, and to maximise the potential of<br>
interdisciplinary practice. We speculate on the need to point the way
to<br>
contemporary architectural practice and urban design as the steering
and<br>
managing of processes; on the need to move from formalism to flux<br>
management.<br><br>
++URBAN DRIFT 2002++<br>
This year urban drift is a 5 day event with a rich mix of talks and<br>
presentations by day, screenings, thematically based visuals,
lectures<br>
and sound-scapes by night, along with open offices, in which<br>
architecture and design studios engage with the urban drift themes
and<br>
reveal innovative hybrid spaces and working methods.<br><br>
++planned location++<br>
The event is set to take place in the Umspannwerk, a 19th century
power<br>
station in Berlin-Kreuzberg, which has recently been renovated as a<br>
location for large-scale cultural events.<br><br>
++conference++<br>
Mobile cultures and new urban strategies<br><br>
The two-day conference will examine the impact of mobile<br>
telecommunications systems and media on architecture and urban
design<br>
strategies. We will involve artists, architects, designers,
theorists<br>
and activists in mutual discourse.<br><br>
CONFERENCE THEMES<br><br>
++ Technical Mobility: Interaction design; the design of
flows++<br>
an examination of the impact of interactive and embedded technologies
on<br>
contemporary design processes in architecture and design in the
urban<br>
sphere.<br>
++ Mental Mobility: Network urbanism++<br>
an exploration of new coalitions between architects, artists,
designers<br>
and urban planners. How is the role of the architect and designer<br>
adapting to the demands of network practice, and =B3flux management=B2,
and<br>
what tools are being employed to visualize increasingly complex,<br>
multi-layered urban processes?<br>
++ Mobility vs. place: Re-humanizing technology and=20
connective<br>
urbanism ++<br>
How do architects and designers recreate a sense of place and
counteract<br>
the speed of the media-driven cityscape? On urban voids, the
reanimation<br>
of residual urban spaces, and on re-engaging the public in urban
design<br>
processes.<br>
++ Tactical mobility: effective Strategies for the redevelopment and
the<br>
repoliticisation of public spaces,<br>
=B3architecture is threat management=B2 =AD Mark Wigley<br>
a discussion amongst architects and media tacticians with relation
to<br>
urban space. On =B3flexible response=B2, on intervening in and changing<br>
perceptions of the cityscape. On architecture as a medium.<br><br>
++call for papers++<br>
We welcome abstracts and short papers for inclusion in the
conference<br>
and accompanying presentations. We also welcome relevant texts and<br>
essays for inclusion in the planned publication and the web site<br>
(textzone).<br><br>
Please send abstracts of about 300 words =AD to:
<a href=3D"mailto:info@urbandrift.org">info@urbandrift.org</a><br>
+++when+++ initial proposals should reach us by May 5th 2002.<br><br>
<br>
++URBAN DRIFT_THE NIGHT SPACE++<br>
The space will provide a temporary, transformational and flexible<br>
situation for artists, architects and designers to present their<br>
proposals and investigations within a more informal setting.<br><br>
Communicating an =B3emotional urbanism=B2 and drawing from the
situationist<br>
d=E9rive, Urban Drift=B9s night space will encompassStalks, readings,
slide<br>
projections, screenings and urban soundscapes.<br><br>
+++themes+++urban futures =AD real and virtual, shopping malls and
garage<br>
settlements, the alchemy of urban narrative, urban nomadism and
mobile<br>
technologies that foster a restless, edgy urban perspective,<br>
psychogeographies, scanning/mapping the city, displacement, and<br>
peripheral urban zones, in short, the 'inexhaustible inventory of
the<br>
streets' (Benjamin)<br><br>
++CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS++<br>
We welcome the following from urbanists ++ video works for<br>
screening@umspannwerk, slide shows, proposals for readings,<br>
performances, sound-pieces++<br>
++ posters++ will form a significant part of the night-spaceS we
welcome<br>
polemic, statements and images dealing with the above mentioned
themes.<br><br>
++ Formats++<br>
slides 35mm or larger / vhs / svhs / mini-dv / quicktime files /<br>
cd-rom / jpeg files /<br><br>
Initial proposals should reach us by e-mail by May 5th 2002<br>
Please mail proposals for participation to:
<a href=3D"mailto:info@urbandrift.org">info@urbandrift.org</a><br><br>
Or - post viewing copies of material/slides/related information
to<br><br>
Attn: Francesca Ferguson<br>
C/o Datenflug<br>
Urban Drift Project Space<br>
Zehdenickerstr 21<br>
10119 Berlin<br><br>
<br><br>
<br><br>
URBAN DRIFT<br>
Initiatorin/K=FCnstlerische Leitung: Francesca Ferguson,<br>
Zehdenickerstr 22, 10119 Berlin<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:info@urbandrift.org">info@urbandrift.org</a><br>
____________________________________________<br>
Produktion: flora&fauna media GBR<br>
Heike Bl=FCmner / Lizzy Fichtl<br>
Wollinerstr 18/19, 10435 Berlin<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:info@flora-fauna.de">info@flora-fauna.de</a><br><br>
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