"Urban_Journal” is a location sensitive mobile media art piece that facilitates interaction and exchange between people. New media technologies, such as the mobile phone, overlay older forms of communication to constitute a new type of urban space in the form of a social communication matrix. The sending of text messages (SMS) via mobile phones has become a ubiquitous component of such communication practices, enabling every inhabitant with access to a phone to take part in the “Urban Journal” by recording their daily impressions and forwarding them via their mobile phone. This phenomena creates a shared cultural platform and through its global media dissemination this leads to the local region entering a global city dialogue.
Full Description
"Urban_Journal” is a location sensitive mobile media art piece that facilitates interaction and exchange between people. New media technologies, such as the mobile phone, overlay older forms of communication to constitute a new type of urban space in the form of a social communication matrix. The sending of text messages (SMS) via mobile phones has become a ubiquitous component of such communication practices, enabling every inhabitant with access to a phone to take part in the “Urban Journal” by recording their daily impressions and forwarding them via their mobile phone. This phenomena creates a shared cultural platform and through its global media dissemination this leads to the local region entering a global city dialogue.
Work metadata
- Year Created: 2007
- Submitted to ArtBase: Wednesday Nov 28th, 2007
- Original Url: http://urbanjournal.free.fr/
- Permalink: http://urbanjournal.free.fr/
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Work Credits:
- Chun-chi Wang, creator
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