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Best Regards, Ishtiaque
Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Faculty Affiliate, Schwartz Reisman Institute https://www.torontosri.ca/ University of Toronto, ON, CA Ph: +1 647 220 3482 Skype: syed.ishtiaque.ahmed web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ My Availability: Google Calendar Link https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft%40gmail.com&ctz=America%2FToronto
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jocelyn Braun jocelynbbraun@gmail.com Date: Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 7:20 PM Subject: Passing on media & design CFP To: ishtiaque@cs.toronto.edu
Colleagues, I’m passing on this call: digital art, film, communications, design and presentations welcome.
Thanks.
*URBAN ASSEMBLAGE: THE CITY AS ARCHITECTURE, MEDIA AND DATA *
https://architecturemps.com/london-hatfield/
Dates: 28-30 June 2021
Places: Virtual / London / Hatfield, UK.
*Abstracts: 1st April, 2021*
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*THEMES:* Digital art, intelligent design, smart cities, AI, data, film, photography, urban design, architecture
*PUBLISHERS:* Intellect Books | Routledge
*FORMATS:* Zoom, in-person (socially distanced), pre-recorded films, written papers, Lightning Talks
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*CALL:*
Through ubiquitous computing, big data, A.I. and a plethora of related digital technologies, our cities have become sites for the production, processing and sharing of information. They are also places designed and built through data based digital architecture, planning and construction. The ‘digital city’ and ‘smart buildings’ being just two consequences. These data filled places are also sites for the creative imagination. *The Matrix*,* Ex Machina*,* Her, Minority Report* are just a few of the films that have built on the imaginary in recent times. In the creative industries Google’s *Data Arts Team* is an example of how art and industry interact around these themes. In landscape design and public art we increasingly see the digital recalibration of data into imagery as part of the creative process.
However, there are concerns. GIS, Google Maps and Facebook all offer interconnected information on urban life. They are also conduits for the collation of personal data and its misuse. The assumption of digital access for all leads some to worry about issues of social exclusion. Sociologists highlight the dangers of the digital dependency of future generations. 3D printed buildings threaten job losses in the construction industry. The idea of parametric urbanism is an anathema to many for whom the city is a place of interpersonal interaction.
This conference seeks to explore these themes through a range of disciplinary perspectives.
*Technology, media, sociology, urban planning, art, digital design, communications, architecture and more. *
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