[urban interfaces] research group at Utrecht University

Author Archive: Michiel de Lange

Michiel de Lange (1976) is an Assistant Professor in New Media Studies, Department of Media and Culture Studies, Utrecht University; co-founder of The Mobile City, a platform for the study of new media and urbanism; and works as a researcher in the field of (mobile) media, urban culture, identity and play.

Media Architecture Biennale 2020 final report available

Our research group [urban interfaces] was one of the organizing partners of the Media Architecture Biennale 2020, which took place 28 June – 2 July 2021 (after being postponed due to Corona). Read the final MAB20 report here (pdf 5 MB) >> The Media Architecture Biennale (MAB20) was organized by Utrecht University (UU) and the

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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 “Mini-Symposium on Urban Interfaces” by the [urban interfaces]  research group at Het Huis, 30 November 2019. In celebration of the “Urban Interfaces” special issue of the Leonardo Electronic Almanac, edited by Nanna Verhoeff, Sigrid…

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[urban interfaces] co-organizes Media Architecture Biennale in June-July 2021

  [urban interfaces] co-organizes the Media Architecture Biennale in 28 June – 2 July 2021, which will take place in Amsterdam and Utrecht. The theme is “Futures Implied”. For more information check out the MAB20 website: https://mab20.mediaarchitecture.org/! Extended deadlines Join the @Media Architecture Biennale (MAB), the world’s premier event on media architecture, urban interaction design, and urban…

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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 Crisis-Scapes: On Walks and Ruins Workshop organized by Eva Fotiadi and Maria Boletsi, in collaboration with Ipek Celik (Koç University), Amsterdam, Belle van Zuylenzaal, 16-17 May 2019 The workshop will focus on city-scapes that have recently been radically reconfigured through pervasive frameworks of crisis…

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