[spectre] Situated Technologies Pamphlets: Series Launch and Panel Discussion

[Mark Shepard]

Situated Technologies Pamphlet Series
publication launch and panel discussion

http://www.situatedtechnologies.net

Friday, December 14, 2007
7:00 p.m.
The Urban Center
457 Madison Avenue
New York City

A reception and panel discussion celebrating the launch of the  
Situated Technologies Pamphlet Series. Adam Greenfield and Mark  
Shepard, co-authors of Situated Technologies Pamphlet 1: Urban  
Computing and Its Discontents, together with Eric Paulos of Intel  
Research, will consider the opportunities and dilemmas of ubiquitous  
computing for urban life in this panel discussion launching the series.

The Situated Technologies Pamphlet Series emerged out of a three-day  
symposium presented by The Center for Virtual Architecture, the  
Institute for Distributed Creativity [iDC] and the Architectural  
League of New York in October 2006. Published by the League and co- 
edited by Omar Khan, Trebor Scholz and Mark Shepard, the series  
explores the implications of ubiquitous computing for architecture  
and urbanism: How are our experiences of the city and the choices we  
make in it affected by mobile communications, pervasive media,  
ambient informatics, and other “situated” technologies? How will the  
ability to design increasingly responsive environments alter the ways  
we conceive of space? What do architects need to know about urban  
computing, and what do technologists need to know about cities? How  
are these issues themselves situated within larger social, cultural,  
environmental, and political concerns? Published three times a year  
over three years, the series is structured as a succession of nine  
“conversations” between researchers, writers and other practitioners  
of architecture, art, philosophy of technology, comparative media  
study, performance studies, and engineering.

Adam Greenfield is a writer, user experience consultant and  
instructor at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications  
Program. Before starting his current practice, Studies and  
Observations, Adam was lead information architect for the Tokyo  
office of well-known Web consultancy Razorfish. His clients have  
included Toyota, Sony, Capgemini, and various agencies of the United  
States government. Adam has spoken frequently on issues of design,  
culture, technology and user experience before a wide variety of  
audiences, including the SXSW Interactive festival, LIFT, the  
European "Civilizations Numeriques" conference, Microsoft Research's  
HCI2020 workshop, Aula, and the O'Reilly Emerging Technology  
Conference. Most recently, he keynoted the 2007 International  
Conference on Pervasive Computing. His 2006 book Everyware: The  
dawning age of ubiquitous computing, has been acclaimed as  
“groundbreaking,” “elegant,” and “soulful” by Bruce Sterling, and  
“gracefully written, fascinating, and deeply wise” by Wired’s Steve  
Silberman. He lives and works with his wife, artist Nurri Kim, in New  
York City.
http://speedbird.wordpress.com

Mark Shepard is an artist, architect and researcher whose cross- 
disciplinary practice draws on architecture, film, and new media in  
addressing new social spaces and signifying structures of  
contemporary network cultures. His research investigates the impact  
of mobile and pervasive technologies on architecture and urbanism.  
His current project, the Tactical Sound Garden [TSG] Toolkit, is an  
open source software platform for cultivating virtual sound gardens  
in urban public space. It has been presented at museums, festivals  
and arts events internationally, including the Contemporary Museum,  
Baltimore, Maryland; Conflux 2006; Brooklyn, New York; ISEA 2006, San  
Jose, California; SIGGRAPH 2007, San Diego, California; Futuresonic,  
Manchester, UK; Sonar Festival, Barcelona, Spain; The Electronic  
Language International Festival – FILE 2007, São Paolo, Brazil; and  
the Arte.Mov Festival for Mobile Media, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He is  
currently an Assistant Professor of Architecture and Media Study at  
the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, where he co- 
directs the Center for Virtual Architecture.
http://www.andinc.org

Eric Paulos is a Senior Research Scientist at Intel in Berkeley,  
California where he is the founder and director of the Urban  
Atmospheres research group - challenged to employ innovative methods  
to explore urban life and the future fabric of emerging technologies  
across public urban landscapes. His areas of expertise span a deep  
body of research territory in urban computing, social telepresence,  
robotics, physical computing, interaction design, persuasive  
technologies, and intimate media. Eric is a leading figure in the  
field of urban computing and is a regular contributor, editorial  
board member, and reviewer for numerous professional journals and  
conferences. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering and  
Computer Science from UC Berkeley where he helped launch a new  
robotic industry by developing some of the first internet tele- 
operated robots including Space Browsing helium filled blimps and  
Personal Roving Presence devices (PRoPs). Eric is also the founder  
and director of the Experimental Interaction Unit and a frequent  
collaborator with Mark Pauline of Survival Research Laboratories.  
Eric's work has been exhibited at the InterCommunication Center (ICC)  
in Japan, Ars Electronica, ISEA, SIGGRAPH, the Dutch Electronic Art  
Festival (DEAF), SFMOMA, the Chelsea Art Museum, Art Interactive, LA  
MOCA, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the ZKM, and a performance for  
the opening of the Whitney Museum’s 1997 Biennial Exhibition.
http://www.urban-atmospheres.net

Admission is free for League members; $10 for non-members. League  
members can make reservations by emailing rsvp at archleague.org or by  
calling 212-980-3767