Leonardo electronic almanac es un publicación electrónica de Leonardo (International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology) y MIT Press, que analiza la convergencia entre arte, ciencia y tecnología. El número de Julio de 2006 está dedicado a Locative Media e incluye numerosos recursos y artículos, muchos de ellos de algunos de los “visitantes” habituales de los enlaces de este blog, que interesarán a aquellos que les (pre)ocupe la web 2.0, la internet local, las redes sociales, el arte o el urbanismo. Y, sobre todo, a los que le interese la convergencia de todos o parte de estos temas.
En la introducción presentan los contenidos del número especial, que incluye estos artículos:
- Anne Galloway & Matt Ward. Locative Media As Socialising And Spatializing Practice: Learning From Archaeology.
- Alison Sant & Ryan Shaw. Trace: Mapping The Emerging Urban Landscape.
- Leslie Sharpe. Swimming In The Grey Zones - Locating The Other Spaces In Mobile Art.
- Lily Shirvanee. Locative Viscosity: Traces of Social Histories in Public Space.
- Julian Bleecker & Jeff Knowlton. Locative Media: A Brief Bibliography And Taxonomy Of GPS-Enabled Locative Media.
- Malcolm McCullough. On Urban Markup: Frames of Reference in Location Models for Participatory Urbanism.
- Michele Chang & Elizabeth Goodman. Asphalt Games: Enacting Place Through Locative Media.
- Steve Benford, Martin Flintham, Adam Drodz and Nick Tandavanitj, Matt Adams & Ju Row Farr. The Design and Experience of the Location-Based Game Uncle Roy All Around You.
- Lalya Gaye & Lars Erik Holmquist. Performing Sonic City: Situated Creativity In Mobile Music Making.
- Sally Jane Norman. Locative Media and Instantiations of Theatrical Boundaries.
- Misha Myers. Homing Devices for Unhomely Times.
Además, se puede encontrar un curriculum (con recursos educativos) y una bibliografía esencial sobre “locative media”. Por útlimo, han organizado una “galería” electrónica (Locative Media, on and off the beaten track by Suhjung Hur, Annie On Ni Wan, Andrew Paterson) que explora "hybrid and still emerging media culture and research field, (which) includes a rich spectrum of activities: collaborative mapping, open technology experimentation, tactical/surveillance critique, urban gameplay and subjective storytelling", que se inicia con esta definición:
'Locative media' denotes in artistic and cultural practice that which has become a nominator for site-specific, context-aware, and often participatory platforms exploring the possibilities of pervasive and ubiquitous computing technologies. Context is crucial in that locative media pertains to the point of spatio-temporal ‘capture’, 'dissemination', or some point in between. Locative media, as a hybrid and still emerging media culture and research field, includes a rich spectrum of activities: collaborative mapping, open technology experimentation, tactical/surveillance critique, urban gameplay and subjective storytelling.
Vía Bruce Sterling.
