[urban interfaces] research group at Utrecht University

Author Archive: Elle Zwinkels MA

Meet the Makers: Neo Muyanga

Photographer: I. Junicker   In this session, Neo Muyanga presents the making of his recent production, ‘A Maze in Grace’, at the 34th São Paolo Art Biennale (2020). Amazing Grace was reportedly one of the hymns of solidarity that resounded spontaneously among those locals who gathered first at Ground Zero – the lower Manhattan district…

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Book Presentation: Situating Data – Inquiries in Algorithmic Culture

The Department Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University recently published (in open access) the edited volume Situating Data – Inquiries in Algorithmic Culture (Amsterdam University Press); bringing together a diverse and imaginative set of contributions that offer timely lessons on the importance of data in contemporary cultural practices. During this CDH lecture, the editors and several…

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RAUM Utrecht conference: Onze Stad, Ons Canvas

On Thursday 20 April 2023, RAUM Utrecht is organizing the second edition of their annual conference “Onze Stad, Ons Canvas” (“Our City, Our Canvas”). The focus of this edition is on how creative rules lead to more connection within the city. Together with the Open Cities Platform, [urban interfaces] organizes a creative workshop “I spy…

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The Silicon Passion

You are warmly invited for a theatre performance titled The Silicon Passion organized by the UU focus area Governing the Digital Society. Armed with Bachs’ St Matthew Passion and synthesizers the performers search for a new way of dealing with big tech. The Utrecht-based media lab SETUP, in collaboration withDe Transmissie (David Schwarz and Derk…

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