[urban interfaces] research group at Utrecht University

Author Archive: Michiel de Lange

Michiel de Lange (1976) is an Assistant Professor in New Media Studies, Department of Media and Culture Studies, Utrecht University; co-founder of The Mobile City, a platform for the study of new media and urbanism; and works as a researcher in the field of (mobile) media, urban culture, identity and play.

Playful Cities report of MAB20

The following report was written for the Playful City S.I.G., which is part of the Utrecht University-based Focus Area on Game Research:  The Media Architecture Biennale (MAB20) took place from June 24th – July 2nd 2021, and was organized by Utrecht University (UU) and the University of Applied Science in Amsterdam (AUAS). MAB20 was organized by…

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Media Architecture Biennale 2020 final report available

Our research group [urban interfaces] was one of the organizing partners of the Media Architecture Biennale 2020, which took place 28 June – 2 July 2021 (after being postponed due to Corona). Read the final MAB20 report here (pdf 5 MB) >> The Media Architecture Biennale (MAB20) was organized by Utrecht University (UU) and the

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Interfacing with Connectivity: A Mini-Symposium Review – guest post by Dennis Jansen

[the following blog post was written by Dennis Jansen  – thanks Dennis!] Interfacing with Connectivity: A Mini-Symposium Review Review of the “Mini-Symposium on Urban Interfaces” by the [urban interfaces]  research group at Het Huis, 30 November 2019. In celebration of the “Urban Interfaces” special issue of the Leonardo Electronic Almanac, edited by Nanna Verhoeff, Sigrid…

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[urban interfaces] co-organizes Media Architecture Biennale in June-July 2021

  [urban interfaces] co-organizes the Media Architecture Biennale in 28 June – 2 July 2021, which will take place in Amsterdam and Utrecht. The theme is “Futures Implied”. For more information check out the MAB20 website: https://mab20.mediaarchitecture.org/! Extended deadlines Join the @Media Architecture Biennale (MAB), the world’s premier event on media architecture, urban interaction design, and urban…

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Urban Crisis-Scapes: On Walks and Ruins

[urban interfaces]’s Sigrid Merx participates in the following event:  https://www.nica-institute.com/urban-crisis-scapes-on-walks-and-ruins/ Urban Crisis-Scapes: On Walks and Ruins Workshop organized by Eva Fotiadi and Maria Boletsi, in collaboration with Ipek Celik (Koç University), Amsterdam, Belle van Zuylenzaal, 16-17 May 2019 The workshop will focus on city-scapes that have recently been radically reconfigured through pervasive frameworks of crisis…

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