Giselle Beiguelman - Mobility Shifts | The New School

In my presentation I will discuss some projects which I think are showing possibilities of problematizing in a creative and critical way the uses of mobile media and of networks, pointing to new cognitive and perceptive repertoires. Special emphasis will be given to Tele_bits 2.0 (Beiguelman and Marchetti, 2010). Tele_bits is an interactive film, with educational purposes, about the cultural impact of the telecommunications. It allowed students to interact with the images using cell phones and QR-Code readers in order to get more information as well as change the order of the film chapters. Other projects that will be featured in this presentation are: Suite4Mobile Tags (Beiguelman and Fleury, 2009) and Poetrica (Beiguelman, 2003-04). In spite of their differences, those projects aim to rethink interactivity and mobility in the field of agency, and of distributed intelligence, looking for the empowerment of their interactors, instead of being empowered by their users.

Location: Theresa Lang Student and Community Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th St, 2nd floor - Thursday October 13th 2011, 2:00-4:30 pm