UP: San Francisco – Call for Urban Prototyping Projects

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UP Festival – Makeathon

Over the last few years there has been no shortage of festivals and RFPs exploring themes of 'urban hacking'. That said, every now and then a gem comes along. A hyper-organized call for proposals organized by San Francisco's Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA) was recently launched and—with $25K in available funding—it is promising enough than anyone whose work broadly engages 'the city' and/or urban experience should at least look it over.

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Holobiont Urbanism – City as a complex, adaptive, biological superstructure

Created by Regina Flores, Holobiont Urbanism is a research project that sets out to study, map, and visualize the microbiome of New York City, inviting participants to reimagine the city they live in as more than a vast metropolis, but rather as a complex and adaptive biological superstructure.

DIY City 0.01a – Hijacking the courtyard at Specialmovers / Usman Haque

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Maps by Kim Asendorf – Colour and Topography

Kim Asendorf uses Google Maps to explore incomprehensive complexity of landscape as colour and pattern.

After Urban Screens – Dave Colangelo on Massive Media

Dave Colangelo, a researcher and artist focused on the role media plays in the city. An Assistant Professor at the Portland State University in the School of Theatre + Film, and a member of the Public Visualization Studio, Colangelo chatted with CAN about media façades, public art, and Pokémon Go.

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