Author Archives: Elmar Trefz

Created by Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya back in 2011, Cloud Parking is a magical installation that gave people a chance to walk through clouds or, depending on how you look at it, a heavy blanket of fog. (“Scientifically, cloud and … Continue reading →

A state rules society by weaving its logic of power into the fabric of society. In a city like Damascus, power configures space. As part of workshop at University of Damascus, twelve students were asked to describe places that are … Continue reading →

Hello Lamp Post! by design and research studio PAN, is the recipient of Bristol’s first ever Playable City Award. Hello Lamp Post! invites you to tune in to the secret conversations of the city and communicate through lamp posts, bus … Continue reading →

When in motion, each of the 21 swings in the series triggers different notes and, when used all together, the swings compose a musical piece in which certain melodies emerge only through cooperation. Together with Luc-Alain Giraldeau, an animal behavior … Continue reading →

The eleventh Urban Age conference will take place in central London on 6-7 December 2012. This year the conference will focus on the ‘Electric City’ – a detailed investigation of how the combined forces of technological innovation and the global … Continue reading →

Marling is a mass-participation interactive urban spectacle, sited in a public square in Eindhoven, Netherlands, brought to life by the voices of the public. Your voice creates the space around you, reverberates in many ways long after you have stopped … Continue reading →

A new, innovative venue offering artistic and research residencies of 2–12 months duration for art production at the interface of urban research will open its doors in summer 2012 in the district of Moabit in Berlin-Mitte, on the edges of … Continue reading →

Josh Hiller is fed up. As a partner in RoadStoves, the food truck outfitter that helped launch Kogi into the stratosphere, he thinks L.A.’s rapidly expanding new-wave food truck scene is getting out of hand. “We tried to be very … Continue reading →

Slowing down, much less stopping, will likely get you trampled on the ever-bustling streets of New York, but Bland Hoke and Howard Chambers envision a metropolis punctuated with impromptu social spaces surrounding some of the city’s biggest eyesores. The pair … Continue reading →

“ Artist Kiel Johnson looks at paper in a very specific way. He doesn’t see it as something you can simply write on or recycle to make more paper: he says paper as the building block of creativity. His current … Continue reading →