[Reader-list] ISEA2006 Interactive City deadline April 22

[Steve Dietz]

Interactive City Call for Participation 

EARLY CALL DUE: 22 April 2005

ISEA INTERACTIVE CITY CFP: http://www.urban-atmospheres.net/ISEA2006 
SUBMISSION FORM: http://isea2006.sjsu.edu/register/submission.php
ISEA2006 TEMPORARY WEBSITE: http://isea2006.sjsu.edu./index.html

This announcement is for the early call for proposals within the scope
of the Interactive City.

The city has always been a site of transformation: of lives, of populations,
 even of civilizations. With the rise of the mega city, however; with the
 advent of 24/7 rush hours; with the inexorable conversion of public space
 into commercial space; with the rise of surveillance; with the
 computer-assisted precision of redlining; with the viral advance of the
 xenophobic, the contemporary city is weighted down. We dream of something
 more. Not something planned and canned, like another confectionary
 spectacle. Something that can respond to our dreams. Something that will
 transform with us, not just perform change on us, like an operation.

The Interactive City seeks urban-scale projects for which the city is not
 merely a palimpsest of our desires but an active participant in their
 formation. From dynamic architectural skins to composite sky portraits to
 walking in someone else's shoes to geocaches of urban lore to hybrid games
 with a global audience, projects for the Interactive City should transform
 the "new" technologies of mobile and pervasive computing, ubiquitous
 networks, and locative media into experiences that matter. 

We are initiating an early Call for Proposals that manifest but are not
 limited to the spectrum of ideas below. Interactive City proposals should
 embrace aspects of the city of San José and/or the surrounding metropolitan
 San Francisco Bay Area specifically.  We are seeking projects that
are large in scale, require advanced or special planning and/or
permissions, or
 projects seeking early review.

 Let us experience your vision of the Interactive City! 

 Eric Paulos
 Chair
 Interactive City
 ISEA 2006 


-- 
Steve Dietz
Director, ZeroOne: The Network
Director, ISEA2006 Symposium +
ZeroOne San Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Edge
http://isea2006.sjsu.edu : August 5-13, 2006
stevedietz[at]yproductions[dot]com
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