Urban Screens Melbourne 08 is the third, ground-breaking international conference and multimedia exhibition in a series of worldwide Urban Screens events. It will mark the official launch of the International Urban Screens Association and will take place 3.-8. October at Federation Square, Melbourne.
Conference: Mobile Publics 3-5 October 2008
Outdoor Multimedia Program: 3-8 October 2008
The event will promote a lateral trans-disciplinary approach to exploring the growing appearance of moving images in urban space and the global transformation of public culture in the context of large new multi media precincts such as Federation Square and various networked forms of urban screens. It will build on the successful events held in Amsterdam in 2005 and Manchester in 2007 and will be the first Urban Screens held in the Asia-Pacific region.
Through an integrated program of keynote lectures, panel sessions, workshops, curated screenings and multimedia projects, it will bring together leading Australian and international artists and curators, architects and urban planners, screen operators and content providers, technology manufacturers, software designers and public intellectuals.
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Urban Screens is the beginning of a worldwide movement promoting the extended use of digital displays in public spaces. The Urban Screens initiative represented by the International Urban Screens Association (IUSA) will assist their networking abilities and their sustainable integration in the urban landscape. It will examine how current commercial use can be broadened with cultural and social content and thus become a new public exhibition and information format.
The Urban Screens 08 exhibition is looking for Artists, Urban Poets, Filmmakers and Multimedia and Interaction Designers to submit film and videos or multimedia, interactive or participatory screen based projects. Deadline 31th of may.
