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Screens in the Wild: Local interactions and interviews

Screens in the Wild: Local interactions and interviews


Screens in the Wild is a collaborative project initiated by researchers from The Bartlett at University College London and the Mixed Reality Lab at University of Nottingham. It investigates how media screens located in urban space can be designed to benefit public life, rather than merely transmit commercial content.

Screens in the Wild is building a series of architectural interfaces in East London and Nottingham neighbourhoods, which use broadcast media and interactive technologies to enhance real world connections, add value to the daily experience of the urban environment, foster community participation and ownership of the urban space. In this project we are seeking to involve local organisations and residents as key partners in the creative development process.

The Screens in the Wild team includes: makers,  architects, HCI designers, computer scientists, anthropologists, developers, artists and curators.  

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News & events

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Arts Trail Festival

4-13 Jul 14 | Leytonstone

Screens in the Wild invited people to share images from the art venues on the screen & use mobile AR experiences to guide them through the area. The app improves access to the local artists and their work, as well as allowing users to share photos with the community on a larger scale via the live gallery screen.

see Augmented Urban

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Car Free Day Street Festival

8 Sept 13 | Leytonstone (1-6 pm)

Screens in the Wild invited people to share situated interactive & mobile AR experiences and connect with other people in London and Nottingham. This green themed fun weekend was packed with arts, culture and live music.

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Event: Launch of artist work

28 June 13 | NAE, Nottingham

Join us with Graham Elstone and Thomas Hall from Low Brow Trash for the launch @WildScreens new experience 'Mooderator'. This Friday 28 June 4-6 pm at Broadway

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'In the Wild' talk series
26 June 13| G01 Central house, UCL

From open display networks to place-based screen media

in the talk Rui Jose will outline how pd-net instantiated the concept of open display networks in the instant places system and how this is evolving into a screen-centric media sharing system.

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'In the Wild' talk series
17 June 13| G01 Central house, UCL

The City as Interface
Digital Media and the Urban Public Sphere

How is the advent of 'urban media' changing the urban public sphere? In this talk, Martijn de Waal explores two scenarios based on his book The City as Interface.

@martijndewaal

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Event: Launch of artist work

09 June 13 | NAE, Nottingham

Join Viveka Bowry introducing her latest work on on of our screens on the facade of @newartexchange this Sunday 9 June 11am-3p at NAE

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Joint Event: Appetite &Love your High Str.

8 June 13 | The Mill, & Leytonstone.

Free event:
‘Screens in the Wild’, invites people to share an exciting dinning experience with other people  at The Mill in Walthamstow, London.

Leytonstone | 2-6 pm

The Mill | 3-6 pm

Communicate the type of food on offer in Leytonstone to other people at The Mill. Guess what other people on the other end are eating…

have fun and enjoy the food!

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'In the Wild' talk series
9 June| Central house, UCL

Testing Urban screens in Bogotá

Franz Calderon describes the process for the use the urban screens elements to change sensations and perceptions in urban spaces, this type of projections is totally new in the city of Bogotá.

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Event: Show & Tell

30 May 13 | The Mill, London

Join us on Thursday for celebrations between 4pm and 9pm.

There will be lots of opportunities for everyone to experience the project, share stories of interactions, ask the people involved in developing the project, or simply have fun on the day. Please RSVP

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Digital Futures: Urban Open Space

21-22 May 13 | V&A, London

Screens in the Wild team is joining V&A's special event with engineers, scientists, artists, technologists and tinkerers for a Digital Futures showcasing brilliant projects and prototypes built during the NASA led International Space Apps Challenge and Urban Prototyping hackathon.

In collaboration with the Met Office, NASA, Imperial College and the Royal College of Art. Find out more


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