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UPLAY ISEA RUHR2010

Workshop / Lecture / Game
Margarete Jahrmann & Verena Kuni
Duisburg-Ruhrort, August 28-29, 2010 in the framework of ISEA RUHR 2010

UPLAY : Urban Playgrounds
Developing Ludic Strategies and Interfaces for Participatory Practices in Urban Space

A Workshop with Public Lecture and Game Session
by Margarete Jahrmann & Verena Kuni
in the framework of ISEA RUHR 2010

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
Download the call as pdf document: uplay-isea-call-ruhrort.pdf

UPLAY ISEA RUHR2010
Urban Playgrounds
Developing Ludic Strategies and Interfaces for Participatory Practices in Urban Space

Workshop / Lecture / Game
Margarethe Jahrmann & Verena Kuni

INVITATION
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Location: N 51° 27' 22" E 6° 43' 56"
Code: C
This is a game. This is not a game.
Do you want to play?

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:
Sat 28 Aug 2010
all day workshop + conference + game
10 -12 a.m. workshop intro session
2:30 p.m. public lecture, followed by afternoon session
7:30 p.m. evening session

Sun 29 Aug 2010
10-12 a.m. public presentation + pre-picnic public play

There's no fee. However, a small budget will be needed for workshop materials.
Participants should bring their own computers, GPS devices, recording devices, cameras, maps, etc.
Pls. note: For participants active engagement is mandatory. This is not a lecture series.

Applications (e-mail plus pdf attachments only!) should be directed to:
workshops@isea2010ruhr.org
DEADLINE: MON, JULY 26, 2010

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

tags: cultural history, diy sci, games, games & play, green, play, playgrounds, time, tools, toys, urban cultures, urban research, visual culture

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