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To: Leonardo Network<br>
From: Ricardo Dal Farra<br>
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As part of the Leonardo 40th anniversary celebrations, we are pleased
to bring to
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Electronic Arts Experimenting and Research Centre
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National <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tres de Febrero</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
(CEIArtE – UNTreF)
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Buenos Aires</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Argentina</st1:country-region></st1:place> <br>
Co-sponsored by Leonardo
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<a href="http://170.210.60.208/sitio_ceiarte/?q=node/147">http://170.210.60.208/sitio_ceiarte/?q=node/147</a>
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Research and Arts
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Lecture and workshop series 2007-2008
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"Participatory Design of Interactive Games for
Cellphones, Public Spaces and Extreme User Scenarios"
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David McIntosh
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October 23-30, 2007
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The cell phone has become the most popular and widespread
medium of communication in the world and is producing profound changes
in the
way in which we experience, occupy and move through physical and public
space.
On one hand, constant mobile access to virtual space via the cell phone
enhances individual subjectivity while converting the physical space we
find
ourselves in into a form of "nowhere." On the other hand, cell phone
services connect the deterritorialized individual user to a global
virtual
network of commercial audiovisual products for consumption, another
form of
"nowhere that is paradoxically everywhere in the world. In this
context,
the needs and desires of specific located and embodied user groups must
be
taken as crucial elements in any participatory design process for new
cell phone
uses, taking into account not only conventional uses, but also extreme
use
scenarios, including people with memory loss, loss of sight and loss of
mobility. This new and developing dynamic between physical/
corporeal/public/local space and mobile/virtual/global space underpins
David
McIntosh's recent research and creation work at the <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Ontario</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType> of Art & Design, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Toronto</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
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In this workshop, McIntosh will present his experiences with
the design of the interactive cell phone game "The Haunting," which
combines the narrative logic of the land with the mobile locative
interactive
potential of the cell phone and with the collective actions of a group
of
players. He will also present a series of other design approaches to
artistic
and social uses of cell phone networks. Participants in the workshop
will
develop an understanding of the underlying technologies for mobile
interaction
design, including GPS, Bluetooth and WiFi. Workshop participants will
employ
this framework for cell phone interaction design to identify potential
user
groups in their immediate local context. In this design process, we
will examine
a series of cell phone interaction design issues including: writing and
designing for specific physical spaces taking into account the
geographical and
historical specificities of the site of interaction; constructing
coherent
narrative logic across a range of technological devices; interaction
design
that promotes user experimentation and innovation; and the
re-imagination,
re-invention and re-metaphorization of the cell phone for innovative
applications. <br>
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More information about </o:p>CEIArtE – UNTreF<o:p>: </o:p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://">http://</a><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.ceiarte.untref.edu.ar/">www.ceiarte.untref.edu.ar/</a><br>
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More information about Leonardo's 40th anniversary celebrations:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.leonardo.info/isast/events/leo40.html">http://www.leonardo.info/isast/events/leo40.html</a><br>
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Leonardo/ISAST is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Donations are
tax-deductible in the U.S. To learn more about Leonardo/ISAST's
projects, programs and activities, visit <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://leonardo.info">http://leonardo.info</a><br>
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