A good environmental image gives its possessor an important sense of emotional security. He can estabilish an harmonious relationship between himself and the outside world. This is the observe of the fear that comes with disorientation; it means that the sweet sense of home is strongest when home is not only familiar but distinctive [...]
ASSIGN EX6A: make a public spectacle, amplifying an unnoticed or overlooked aspect of urbanity. This can be brief, subtle or prolonged and brash, but must be documented in some way, and presented at our class. Do not break any known laws in fulfilling this assignment, or put yourself in physical danger of any kind. During [...]
ASSIGN EX4A: Sound walk: Go on a sound walk with a portable audio recorder. Record the audio of an environment familiar to you for no more than 5 minutes. Try and avoid editing, and post the result to you blog for in-class listening. I was in Roubaix, a small town close to Lille, to work [...]
ASSIGN EX3A: Choose a public space media project (by an artist or designer other than yourself) to look at in class next week. It can be in any domain (public art, gaming, mobile services) but must use technology and take place in urban space and involve the general public. This is a link to a [...]
ASSIGN EX1A: Photo-walk of the city. Take a walk around a favorred/interesting with any camera you can get your hands on (don’t worry about ‘quality’ of the photos unless you want to). Take pictures without looking through the viewfinder. I am not good in detaching my eyes from me. I need something square to look [...]