[Commlist] Hybrid CFP: London/Virtual 2021. Digital Intelligence – Art & Design

URBAN ASSEMBLAGE: THE CITY AS ARCHITECTURE, MEDIA, AI AND BIG DATA.
Place: London / Virtual
Organisers: University of Hertfordshire
Dates: 28-30 June, 2021
Abstracts: 01 December, 2020

https://architecturemps.com/london-hatfield/


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ACADEMIC YOUTUBE CHANNEL

All pre-recorded presentations will be hosted on the AMPS academic 
YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/c/AMPSresearch

FORMATS: In-person, pre-recorded presentations, Zoom, written papers, 
lightening talks
DISCIPLINES: Art, Design, Architecture, Media, Communications, Urban 
design, Sociology, Cultural Studies

PUBLISHERS: Intellect Books | UCL Press




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CALL

Today, the city is a technological infused entity premised on a plethora 
of digital phenomena including the Internet of Things, ubiquitous 
computing, computer-led infrastructure, big data and AI. It is also a 
place designed, envisaged and increasingly built through data-based 
digital architecture, planning and construction. The result is a series 
of complex interactions of people, place and data, and the establishment 
of the ‘digital city’, ‘smart buildings’ and ‘intelligent’ urbanism.
This scenario informs the creative industries in a multitude of ways. A 
plethora of films in recent decades have built on the imagery it offers: 
The Matrix, Ex Machina, Her, Minority Report to name but a few. In the 
arts, data is increasingly used as both a tool and motive for artworks. 
David McCandless’ founding of the platform Information Is Beautiful, and 
Aaron Koblin’s establishment of Google’s Data Arts Team are typical 
examples. Landscape and projection artists use the digital recalibration 
of data into imagery to create spaces and representations of our cities 
daily.

Today then, the potential for technology and data to alter how we 
design, live and experience our cities is obvious and everywhere. 
However, there are concerns. Cambridge Analytica is the most obvious 
example in the political realm. Other examples include GIS, Google Maps 
and Facebook. They all offer interconnected information on urban habits 
and people’s personal lives and have been repeatedly connected to the 
misuse of data.
This conference seeks to explore these and related issues from a variety 
of discipline perspectives.

Submit an abstract: https://architecturemps.com/london-hatfield/


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Organisers: The University of Hertfordshire | Intellect Books | UCL 
Press | AMPS | PARADE

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