[urban interfaces]

[urban interfaces] is a platform for a critical investigation of urban interfaces for creative and participatory engagement. Focusing on mobile and situated media, arts, and performances, the platform initiates critical reflections on these technologies and socio-spatial practices and their shaping and staging of urban culture.

[urban interfaces] is an initiative of the Department for Media and Culture Studies (MCW) at Utrecht University and collaborates with an expanding (international) network of academic and cultural partners.

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25 January 2020

Pressure Cooker Workshop: Designing More-Than-Human Cities

In this workshop, students from different programs and academies collaborate on an interdisciplinary urban design assignment. The specific focus of the ...

14 January 2020

URBAN ECOLOGIES: The [urban interfaces] graduate seminar 2019-2020

Dates: February 11 and 25, and March 10, 2020. Time and Venue: 13.00-17.00 @ MCW Lab, Muntstraat 2A, 3512 EV Utrecht. Credits: 3 ECTS (for RMa Studentes ...

12 January 2020

Meet-up on Playful Cities: Dramaturgies for Active Public Spaces

Cities have always been sites for play and games, from the ‘bread and circuses’ of classical Rome to contemporary players chasing virtual characters with ...

17 December 2019

Interfacing with Connectivity: A Mini-Symposium Review – guest post by Dennis Jansen

[the following blog post was written by Dennis Jansen – thanks Dennis!] Interfacing with Connectivity: A Mini-Symposium Review Review of the ...

03 October 2019

Mini-Symposium Urban Interfaces

This mini-symposium on Urban Interfaces is to celebrate the launch of the online Urban Interfaces Special Issue on Leonardo Electronic Almanac! You are all ...

10 May 2019

[urban interfaces] co-organizes Media Architecture Biennale in November 2020

[urban interfaces] co-organizes the Media Architecture Biennale in November 2020, which will take place in Amsterdam and Utrecht. The theme is ...

10 May 2019

Urban Crisis-Scapes: On Walks and Ruins

[urban interfaces]’s Sigrid Merx participates in the following event: https://www.nica-institute.com/urban-crisis-scapes-on-walks-and-ruins/ Urban ...

10 May 2019

Guest post Alvaro Lopez about the [urban interfaces] workshop: “Who’s the Rain Today???”

The following essay was written by Alvaro Lopez, as a final reflection on the [urban interfaces] critical making workshop “The Right to the City & ...

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