[chisigmail] IDG Seminar: "Digital Urban Living" by Martin Brynskov, Lars Kabel & Tobias Ebsen (University of Aarhus)

[Frank Vetere]

(apologies for cross posting)

You are cordially invited to a special (out-of-semester) IDG Seminar ...


PRESENTER:  Martin Brynskov, Lars Kabel & Tobias Ebsen (University of
Aarhus)

TITLE: Digital Urban Living

VENUE: University of Melbourne, IDEA LAB, level 4, 111 Barry Street,
Carlton

DATE and TIME: Thursday 2nd October  2008, 3-4 pm (NB Thursday, not
Friday)
 
ABSTRACT:
This seminar will focus on Civic Communication and Media Facades,
presenting and discussing work done at the Center for Digital Urban
Living (DUL), a Danish research center. Behind is a consortium of
researchers, industry partners, and public institutions, organized
around five themes: Civic Communication, Media Facades, Cultural
Heritage, Digital Art, and New Urban Areas. (www.digitalurbanliving.dk)


BIOS:
Martin Brynskov: Ph.D. (computer science) specializing in new
interaction technologies. Director of the Civic Communication group
within DUL and Assistant professor at the Department for Information and
Media Studies at the University of Aarhus. During his doctoral work at
the Center for Interactive Spaces, he developed tools for social
construction based on mobile and pervasive media. He was the project
lead of Aarhus by Light and has been involved in the development of
numerous projects and products based on social interaction mediated by
technology, working closely with public institutions and industrial
partners, including LEGO Company and B&O. He also holds an MA in
information studies, cognitive semiotics and classical Greek.

Lars Kabel: Journalist, MA (mass communication), assistant professor at
the Danish School of Journalism. He has published numerous books and
reports on trends and research within journalism, including the role of
new media and the consequences for journalism and journalists. He is a
founding member of DUL.

Tobias Ebsen: Doctoral student with a project entitled "Perception
strategies for understanding media facades and urban screens", member of
the Media Facades group within DUL. He has been a key figure in the
design and development of Aarhus by Light and was the artist behind the
interactive set design for the Running Sculpture dance performance. He
holds a BA in Art History.