invisible spaces & hidden places - exploring the spatial capital of cities
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Michael Smyth Centre for Interaction Design Edinburgh Napier University, UK @michael_smyth
Invisible Spaces & Hidden Places - Exploring the Spatial Capital of Cities
Belfast, N. Ireland
Venice (2013)
This space has become larger, more fluid, distributed and complex. It is filled with data streams from all types of sources.
Urban Interaction Design is a response to this escalation
Licensed Taxi Drivers protest against UBER in London, Summer 2014.
Signal - John Stanmeyer (2013)
Felton Street Emptiness - Nikola Bojic (2011)
What follows are two of Design Fictions created as part of the UrbanIxD project, that speculate on what it might be like to live in the hybrid city of the future ....
Each fiction is a story that makes us reflect on how we lead our lives today.
CUBA (Co-ordination of Urban Busy Areas) - UrbanIxD Summer School 2013
Eutropia
During the Great World Recession of the 21st century, the authorities of the City of Eutropia signed an exclusive agreement with a consortium of mega corporations trading the vast amounts of information the city generates.
The new economy of the city is based on data and its export. Through the exportation of data the city has secured independence and well-being for all its inhabitants. This is a city with no unemployment, a city in which no one needs to work.
In Eutopia “privacy” is just an ideological delusion.
Authors: Ivica Mitrović and Oleg Šuran (Arts Academy, University of Split); Director and Editor: Glorija Lizde; Camera: Andrea Kaštelan; Sound: Marko Jukić; Cast: Oleg Šuran, Matko Elezović, Nikola Marangunić, Maja Petrić, Mario Raguž, Ivana Kevo, Ivica Mitrović, Nikša Vukša; VFX: Jakov Šuran; Costume Designers: Margita Videtić and Katarina Bilan; Props: Oleg Šuran and Ivica Mitrović; Based on Čekingrad (Jernej Kejžar, Nera Nejašmić, Oleg Šuran; Nelly Ben Hayoun; Ivica Mitrović; Interakcije, UMAS, 2011).
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