Almost any mid-sized city in the Western World aspires to become ‘smart’. Hence, the smart city is not a demo city (as for instance the much-debated Songdo International City in South Korea), but rather a term that is mostly used to describe interfaces to existing infrastructures. In the format of a manifesto, the article addresses this ‘scripting of space’, and discusses potential strategies to open up for meaning-making processes in the urban environment of the smart city. With references to the situationist movement as well as developments within programming and design, this discussion leads to a reflection on interface-related artistic strategies potential role in the smart city. Keywords: interface criticism, software studies, interface arts, smart cities, participatory design
Original language
English
Title of host publication
Interface Politics : 1st International Conference 2016
Editors
Teresa Martínez Figuerola , Jorge Luis Marzo
Number of pages
9
Place of publication
Barcelona
Publisher
Gredits
Publication year
2016
Pages
249-257
ISBN (print)
978-84-617-5132-7
Publication status
Published - 2016
Event
Interface Politics - Bau - Design College of Barcelona, Hangar Production and Research Centre for Visual Arts in Barcelona & Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain Duration: 27 Apr 2016 → 29 Apr 2016 http://www.gredits.org/interfacepolitics/en/
Conference
Conference
Interface Politics
Location
Bau - Design College of Barcelona, Hangar Production and Research Centre for Visual Arts in Barcelona & Open University of Catalonia
