---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gediminas Urbonas <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 12:20 PM Subject: invitation to ACT: MIT Symposium on Public Space To: fran ilich <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Daniela Lazoroska < [email protected]>, Colin Griffiths <[email protected]>, Marko Peljhan < [email protected]>, Khalea Robinson <[email protected]>, Karmakar Karmakar <[email protected]>, Sara Hendren <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[ STEALTH ]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected] Vit" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" < [email protected]>, Orosz Márton <[email protected]>, Tadej Pogacar <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Cuauh Medina <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Adam Hayes <[email protected]>, Jutta Friedrichs <[email protected]>, Cecilia Gelin < [email protected]>, Camilla Carlberg <[email protected]>, Takas <[email protected]>, Eleni Tsitsirikou <[email protected]>, Eglė Deltuvaitė <[email protected]>, Erich Berger < [email protected]>, Barbara Borcic < [email protected]>, Paulius Vaitiekunas < [email protected]>, Gintaras Balcytis <[email protected]>, Auksė Balčytienė <[email protected]>, Kim Poliquin < [email protected]>, Ornela Ramasauskaite <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, Sam Biroscak < [email protected]>, Stuart Dash <[email protected]>, Kauzonienė Svetlana <[email protected]>, Emma Duester < [email protected]>, Amanda Moore <[email protected]>, James Rojas <[email protected]>, Philip Tan <[email protected]>, Adela Zeleznik < [email protected]>, Alexei Shulgin <[email protected]>, stefan rusu <[email protected]>, Zydrunas Gaudiesius <[email protected]>, Antanas Andrijauskas <[email protected]>, Arja Lehtimäki < [email protected]>, "Paul E. Politte" <[email protected]>, Giedre Jankeviciute <[email protected]>, Omar Offendum < [email protected]>, "Mohamad A. Chakaki" <[email protected]>, Lina Zigelyte <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" < [email protected]>, Ryan Bromley <[email protected]>, Ernst Karel <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Alberto Castro <[email protected]>, Michel Bauwens < [email protected]>, Camilla Pin <[email protected]>, Marianne Heier < [email protected]>, Mokslo Lietuva <[email protected]>, "Burak Arikan ([email protected])" <[email protected]>, Viktorija Vitkauskaite <[email protected]>, cevdet erek <[email protected]>, Mäki Teemu <[email protected]>, Mara Traumane <[email protected]>, "Gisela Motta ([email protected])" <[email protected]>, Antonia Napp <[email protected]>, Jolanta TUBAITĖ <[email protected]>, lotta petronella <[email protected]>, Dan Karlholm < [email protected]>, Bojana Piskur <[email protected]>, Anette Göthlund <[email protected]>, Charlotte Bydler < [email protected]>, olivier menanteau <[email protected]>, rainer ganahl <[email protected]>, doreen mende <[email protected]>, Ralf < [email protected]>, Malgorzata Hedderick <[email protected]>, Ted Byfield < [email protected]>, Felecia A Davis <[email protected]>, Deborah Davidson < [email protected]>, Paul Miller < [email protected]> Dear Friends, On behalf of the organizing committee at the MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology, I would like to give you a notice of the symposium and with a hope you can attend, and/or help to spread the word: - “Public Space? Lost & Found” on April 18-19, 2014 to honor the legacy of artist and educator Antoni Muntadas. This symposium and corresponding exhibition will investigate the manifold definitions of public space across disciplines and the tools, tactics and consequences of reclaiming public space through art and architecture. We will use the concept of ‘spatial cultural identity’ to address and negotiate the complexities of ideas, situations, objects and materials that are inherent to any public space in relation to its context. Furthermore, the project aims to emphasize the possibilities of interdisciplinary collaboration, particularly between art, science and technology, and explore the relationship between theory and practice. Over the course of the two days, five thematic panels will interrogate a specific question or problem as it relates to public space. Speakers will be grouped to represent overlapping research areas and modes of practice. The panels will follow themes including: Private Public Spaces, Reclaiming Public Space, Alternatives for Contemporary Public Space, Speculations on the Future of Public Space and Pedagogy of Public Space. Speakers have been invited based on their impressive work on relevant topics across privatization of public space, urban gentrification, corporate public space typology, infrastructural public spaces and leftover urban space, surveillance and security, violence, appropriation of public space, public art, activities and revolution in public space, non-places and commercial spaces, and the school as public space. for registration and further reference: http://act.mit.edu/projects-and-events/events/public-programs/public-space-s... If any questions do not hesitate to be in touch with Lucas Spivey < [email protected]> , the interim event producer at ACT. Best wishes, Gediminas * M.I.T. Program in Art, Culture and Technology * School of Architecture and Planning *Gediminas Urbonas* Associate Professor Mitsui Career Development Chair [email protected] <[email protected]> Office: (617) 324-6471 Cellphone: (617) 650-6242 Fax: (617) 253-3977 M.I.T., 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Bldg. E15-238 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 USA -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/