www.under-construction.cc
|
UPLAY ISEA RUHR2010Workshop / Lecture / Game UPLAY : Urban Playgrounds A Workshop with Public Lecture and Game Session UPLAY is a workshop for artists and researchers involved in the development of ludic strategies and interfaces for forms of social/participatory/political (inter-)action in urban space. On the issues are a.o. locative strategies and tools for urban play, potentials and problems of participatory formats and collaborative/distributed/networked game development. Participants are not only invited to present and discuss their own projects, but to collaborate on the development of a game(-level) located at Duisburg-Ruhrort. A public lecture-presentation by the workshop leaders is followed by closed workshop-sessions for applied participants; game sessions will be open to the public. UPLAY ISEA RUHR2010 – Call for Participation UPLAY ISEA RUHR2010 INVITATION Location: N 51° 27' 22" E 6° 43' 56" UPLAY is a workshop for artists and researchers involved in the development of ludic strategies and interfaces for forms of social/participatory/political (inter-)action in urban space. On the issues are a. o. locative strategies and tools for urban play, potentials and problems of participatory formats and collaborative/distributed/networked game development. Participants are not only invited to present and discuss their own projects, but to collaborate on the development of a game(-level) located at Duisburg-Ruhrort. A public lecture-presentation by the workshop leaders is followed by closed workshop-sessions for applied participants; game sessions will be open to the public. Artists, researchers and other people with professional interest and background in game design, game studies and related fields are invited to hand in a short statement ("letter of interest", ca. 1.000 – max. 2.500 characters) and a brief C.V. with contact data (e-mail, phone, URL homepage). In case you would like to present/discuss your own project(s), pls. include a related info-sheet (max. 3.000 characters, project URL/URLs). Preliminary schedule: Sun 29 Aug 2010 There's no fee. However, a small budget will be needed for workshop materials. Applications (e-mail plus pdf attachments only!) should be directed to: Download the call as pdf document: uplay-isea-call-ruhrort.pdf projects: center for storytelling, (IN)VISIBLE CITY, TOYS AND/AS TOOLS, Urban Hauntologies, Urban Playgrounds main project: (IN)VISIBLE CITY related projects on www.under-construction.cc: GAMElab FFM BHF/4, Toys and/as Tools |