Author Archive:
Visiting guest: Helen Pritchard
As an artist and geographer, my interdisciplinary work brings together the fields of Computational Aesthetics, Geography, Design and Feminist TechnoScience. My practice is both one of writing and making and these two modes mutually inform each other in order to consider the impact of computational practices on our engagement with environments. Central to my work…
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I’m an artist, creative coder, interaction designer, visual designer and educator. My work focuses on structure, geometry and playfulness. A big part of my artistic practice is my ongoing daily art project that I started January 2015. Here I explore and experiment with generative patterns and animations daily. You can follow my daily art on…
Read more“Situated Installations for Urban Data Visualization: Interfacing the Archive-City” by Nanna Verhoeff and Karin van Es
From user-generated images of streets to professional architectural renderings, and from digital maps and drone footages to representations of invisible digital ecologies, this collection of essays analyses the emergent practices of visualizing the street. Today, advancements in digital technologies of the image have given rise to the production and dissemination of imagery of streets and…
Read moreFinding Home in the City: Forms of Belonging and Identity in a Time of Constant Human Movement
Refugees, labour migrants, migrants from former colonies, second-generation migrants. All of these people inhabit Amsterdam and are thus Amsterdammers, right? What about those who have lived here for years, decades or generations? And what about those who have just made their entry into the city? Who do we consider residents of this city and which…
Read moreFestival We Make The City
De wereld staat voor grote ecologische, sociale en economische opgaven. Complexe vraagstukken manifesteren zich steeds nadrukkelijker: urgent, uitdagend, verontrustend. Iedereen is nodig om ze op te lossen. Steden spelen daarin een cruciale rol. Blijkbaar kunnen ze iets bijzonders. Steden hebben de ultieme mix van concurreren en samenwerken, van kritiek en optimisme, van diepe denkkracht en…
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