Democracia Urbana

“La Democracia Urbana reconoce al ser humano como protagonista de la ciudad y al espacio público como escenario abierto de dicha participación. Es un camino abierto, un punto de encuentro entre arquitectos, pintores, actores, jardineros, músicos, ingenieros… Agentes activos capaces de transformar los espacios perdidos de la ciudad”.

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Stimmungsgasometer - Berlin's Mood

The project Stimmungsgasometer is about a smiley on a huge screen from which one can read the average mood of the Berlin citizens.

The system allows to read emotions out of random peoples faces. The faces are analyzed by sophisticated software (contributed by the Fraunhofer Institut). The obtained mood data are then stored on a server and processed by the smiley on the screen to visualize the emotions in real-time.

A project by Richard Wilhelmer, Julius von Bismarck and Benjamin Maus.

SMSlingshot - Claiming back urban space

'The Concept: Because of the increased commercial interest of paving public space with digital advertising screens the need for an accessibel intervention devices seemed obvious and necessary. The wish and habit to comment (tag) the surrounding world is also an ancient and still vivant phenomena we try to preserve. Our concept of VR/Urban aims for claiming back urban space and and give the inhabitants a tool for occupiing urban screens.' - VR/Urban

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Cedric Bernadotte wanna sit down where ever he goes.

Cedric lives in Toulon and his work is about public space reappropriation. I just love the way he do that. Funny detail: he's reading "Jeux de plein air" which means "Outdoor Games". Congrats Monsieur Bernadotte.



Watch his flickr uploads in FULLSCREEN (O____O)!


Via Ekosystem.


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Tapeography: Tape + Typography
The Pop_Down Project

Eltono - Confetti Graffiti

Coriandoli - Eltono - Cripta747 from EltonoVideo on Vimeo.

More pics here.

Turning Billboards Into Art

Pixelator by Jason Eppink.


Abstractor by Ji Lee.

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Abstractor instantly transforms intrusive video billboards into enjoyable public art. See how it's done! Visit Abstractor.tv for more info.

urban echo / christopher baker

Urban Echo in @ Huset i Magstræde, Copenhagen, Denmark from Christopher Baker on Vimeo.

Urban Echo is an ongoing series of interactive sound and video installations. The project has appeared in many forms ranging from intimate outdoor video sculptures to large interactive public façades. Urban Echo aims to collect and creatively represent the thoughts and imaginings of city-dwellers.



In each installation, participants send their thoughts and questions via SMS and voicemail. The responses are then projected and added to a dynamic spatialized audio composition.



This version was installed at Huset i Magstræde in Copenhagen, Denmark for the International Computer Music Festival in late August, 2007. It was completed in collaboration with composer J. Anthony Allen http://janthonyallen.com.



Project Website: http://christopherbaker.net/projects/urbanecho/

Use your building as a screen

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SNAKE


ALL IN 1

Google Series - Filippo Minelli

via fubiz.

More about Filippo Minelli.