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Call for Papers, Architectural Concepts and Media Art & Design Projects

MEDIACITY-2010
MediaArchitecture, Urban Context and Social Practices
3rd international conference on the interaction of architecture, media and social phenomena
Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany, 29. – 31. October 2010

The conference will investigate how new media re-define social settings and urban space, influence architecture and media art & design embedded in urban space and constitute new social and cultural practices.

Today media create opportunities for diverse forms of connections between people and spaces and enable and create flows of information, of communication and of knowledge. New digital places for information and communication emerge and the context of existing spaces is transformed by the joint impact of media and architecture, leading to new forms of social and cultural practices. The public sphere, the communication in ubiquitous networks and the interaction with digital content will be a thematic focus. The conference addresses different approaches and methods of research and consists of three parallel sessions and a workshop, which will explore these themes in a focused way.

Session 1: MediaArchitecture

Talks focus on the complex integration and mutual dependency and amalgamation of media and architecture. The innovative integration of contemporary media in architecture produces new forms of design and construction of the built environment and challenge traditional models for how we conceive, perceive and interact within physical space. Best-Practice examples from current architecture, and urban space, models and visions for the future will be presented.

Session 2: Social Practices and Public Spheres

Talks focus on implications of media in architectural and urban space on social practices. The cultural, social, political, and economical phenomena of the encounter between media and urban space will be investigated.

Session 3: Interaction and Engagement

Encounters with interactive media and digital art & design embedded in architectural and urban spaces and their influence on cultural phenomena is the main topic of the talks and presentations.

Workshops

The workshop program will provide an opportunity to explore the conference themes in a more practical and experiential way. It will aim to create an open and informal dialogue about the topics and methods, and in so doing provide a forum for participants to share ideas, knowledge and technical experience. The practical workshops will offer insight into new technological developments. Examples from Architecture and Urban Planning, Media Art & Design will present new applications and interpretations for mobile and embedded media. Students of all levels are particularly welcome to submit work to the workshops, especially if they have demos or explanations of projects with which they would like to present to a wider audience. The workshops will be an opportunity to gain feedback and advice on such work.

Submission

We invite papers for the conference and less formal presentations on practices for the workshop session from academics, practitioners, activists close to disciplines such as architecture, media art & design, urban studies, cultural and urban geography and sociology – using in innovative ways and reflecting critically on processes, methods and impacts of public participation and technologies in urban realm, within their theoretical and practical research, teaching, or activism roles.

Please submit a paper of between 2 and 4 pages as an extended abstract. The conference language will be English. Papers will be submitted to external review.

Selected papers from the conference will be published in a digital, post-conference volume.

Important Dates

• 15. June 2010: Extended Abstracts dues
• End of July 2010: Acceptance notification
• 15. September 2010: Full Article dues
• 29. - 31. October 2010: Conference

Contact

• Contact and submissions: 2010@mediacityproject.org
• Website: www.mediacityproject.org

Organizers
Bauhaus-University Weimar

• Prof. Dr. Jens Geelhaar, Chair of Interface Design, Faculty of Media
• Prof. Dr. Frank Eckardt, Chair of Sociology of Globalization, Faculty of Architecture
• Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dipl.-Des. Bernd Rudolf, Chair of Building Design Faculty of Architecture
• Dr.-Ing. Sabine Zierold, Faculty of Architecture
• Dipl. postgr. Kunst u. öffentl. Raum, Dipl.-Des. Michael Markert, Faculty of Media