[Commlist] Hybrid Cities – The mediation of the urban experience. CALL

TECHNOLOGIES, MEDIAS, FILM & the CITY - Strand

A conference call on the future of life in TOWNS, CITIES, REGIONS

https://amps-research.com/dublin-technology-media/

University College Dublin



The history of cinema is rich in examples of film as a vehicle to 
document, critique and explore the urban phenomenon, whether that be 
life in cities, the construction of towns or the urban environment as a 
backdrop or protagonist. While the city symphony is the most obvious 
example, the history and present of filmmaking continues to demonstrate 
a critical and insightful eye on the urban condition today.

Beyond film, gaming, video and animation all have their particular 
perspectives and uses for the urban environment which, in an of itself, 
is getting ever more cinematic – buildings facades display moving 
imagery routinely and photogrammetry projects the ‘live’ image onto 
architecture for example.
Beyond commercial media, the contemporary ‘smart city’ is now fully 
intertwined with video surveillance, real time data analysis and 
visualization at every level, turning the daily management of our cities 
into simultaneous physical and automated processes of representation and 
action. Often, this allows for multiple aspects of urban management to 
coexist: early warning flood defences, community safety protocols, 
emergency service notifications and building energy use, to name but a few.
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Reflecting on this entwined relationship between technology, visual 
media and the ‘city’, this strand call welcomes contributions from 
filmmakers, artists, animators, digital technologists, urban planners 
and more.
The aim is to get a better sense of the past, present and future of this 
relationship and to encourage debate and knowledge sharing between the 
various disciplines engaged in it, whether from the arts, design, 
technology, planning or the social sciences.


TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT:


Place: Dublin, Ireland (+virtual)
Dates: 28-30 June, 2027
Abstracts: 15 July, 2026 (Early)
Nb. 5 December, 2026 (Round One Abstract Submissions)

https://amps-research.com/dublin-technology-media/

Organisers: University College Dublin and AMPS


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