[spectre] Interactive City Final Call for Proposals ISEA2006

[Steve Dietz]

Interactive City Call for Proposals 
ISEA2006 Symposium 
http://www.urban-atmospheres.net/ISEA2006/ 

Proposals Due: 9 December 2005
Final Decisions: 10 February 2006

"Never confuse the map with the Territory"
Empire of the Sun, J.G. Ballard

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.

The Interactive City is one of four major themes to be featured at
ISEA2006 Symposium + ZeroOne San Jose Festival. Interactive City
proposals should embrace aspects of the city of San JosŽ specifically
and/or the surrounding metropolitan San Francisco Bay Area. Please
visit the Interactive City web page for a list of early round accepted
projects and a partial list of urban sub-themes.

http://www.urban-atmospheres.net/ISEA2006/ 

Let us experience your vision of the Interactive City! 

Eric Paulos
Interactive City, Chair
ISEA2006

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