Urban Digital Narratives: Workshop and Symposium Athens

Urban Digital Narratives: Workshop and Symposium Athens
 
Workshop 13th April Locative media: The Street  Μartin Rieser/Eva Kekou

Symposium 15th April Urban Digital Narratives
 
Location: National Research Foundation,V. Kostantinou 48 Athens, Greece
 
Symposium: Urban Digital Narratives 15 Απριλίου (10¨30-18.30) Εθνικό ϊδρυμα Ερευνών, Αθήνα
Urban Digital Narratives Symposium will be held at EIE, 15th April in Athens.
Moderator: Eva Kekou
AM
10.00-11.15 Introductory Talk: The Street
Workshop report Eva Kekou  / Martin Rieser
11.15-11.45 Coffee
11.45-12.45 Keynote speaker TBC
13.00- 14.00 Lunch break
PM
Alexandros Psychoulis  (14.00) to be held in Greek
Roy Ascott skype talk    (15.00) to be held in English
Yiorgos Tzirtzilakis         (15.30) to be held in Greek
Stelios Giamarelos         (16.00) to be held in Greek
Coffee break ( 16.30-16.45)
Open forum Discussion 16.45-17.45
18.00 Small reception
Workshop on Locative Media 13th April
Martin Rieser will be developing an exhibition/experience that brings together locative mobile artworks in  a street locations in central Athens. The works will combine interactive installation elements, digital technology and game and performance and represents part of Rieser’s long-term collaborative Art/Technology practice.
The locative project will be part of a workshop in an inner city street personal stories will be constructed and developed by volunteers using Empedia  software to construct trails triggered by GPS or QR codes
We hope to create a series of such hidden video scenes or vignettes, based on documentary experiences of place and the communities in Athens, which will be fleetingly revealed at different positions
in the chosen street. The video stories for display on mobile phones in the actual streets will be created in a public engagement workshop in the city.
Workshop
AM On-site interviews and scoping of project
PM Editing content and trail construction
Supported by The British Council
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