[artinfo] In the air workshop

[Eszter Bircsak]

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
12-18 december 2009
Kitchen Budapest is seeking for participants: we are looking for  
programmers, artist and designers, architects, urban designers,  
ecologists, biologists, chemists, sociologists, anthropologists to  
participate a one week workshop about the air quality of Budapest.
The workshop leader will be Nerea Calvillo, Spanish artist who has  
previously developed In the air Madridat MediaLab Prado. This is a  
visualization project which aims to make visible the microscopic and  
invisible agents of Madrid's air (gases, particles, pollen, diseases,  
etc), to see how they perform, react and interact with the rest of the  
city. The workshop was lead by Nerea Calvillo and involved a group of  
architects, interaction designers, and anthropologists. The project  
ended up with a web based dynamic model and a physical prototype. More  
info: In the Air
With the Budapest edition participants are going to adapt the concept  
of the above mentioned project to the local conditions and create new  
content. The sessions will be based on common reflection, thinking,  
proposing, idea-sharing and building prototypes. The result can be  
data visualization, web application, locative based device, mobile app  
or any mixture of these.
The language of the workshop will be english.
Form of application:
who you are, 5 lines minibio
your website, blog, links (if you have)
some quick ideas and/or thoughts about the topic
some about your skills
Application deadline is 5 December 2009
Please send an email with the required things to  
info(at)kitchenbudapest(dot)hu with the 'intheair' in the subject.
Workshop details:
(more soon)
launching presentation and introduction of participants: saturday 12th  
from 2PM
sessions: monday 14th - friday 18th 10AM-6PM
participation is free
food: daily menu nearby, coffee and snacks on the spot
please bring your laptop if you have