Gaming the city
The quality and character of urban space has long been the concern of city-planners and architects, striving to make versatile, functional, or even beautiful environments for people to work, shop, and live. Increasingly, urbanites have sought to re-appropriate these spaces for themselves, re-imagining and re-tasking structures, buildings, and layouts in creative or radical ways, transforming the city into a site of play.
As the finale to Geo-Caching The Hague, the Political Arts Initiative is delighted to welcome Iain Borden (Professor of Architecture & Urban Culture at University College London) and Dan Edwardes (Director of Parkour Generations) to offer keynote talks at the official opening of our geo-caching photo-exhibition at The Nutshuis on Wednesday 16 April 2014. Iain and Dan were recently part of the team that designed the Southbank Centre re-development in London to better facilitate skaters, freerunners, graffiti artists and other urban players. They are joined by Chris Goto-Jones (Professor of Comparative Philosophy & Political Thought at Leiden University) for a further discussion of digital spaces and augmented futures for immersive urban gaming environments. This round-table conversation is chaired by Cissie Fu (Assistant Professor of Political Theory, Leiden University College The Hague) and invites audience participation.
The programme on the evening of 16 April 2014 in The Nutshuis looks as follows:
17:30 Arrive for a drink and a browse of the exhibition @ Café
18:00 Symposium begins (with sur-prize for +HIP photo-essay winner)
@ Commissarissenzaal
20:00 Symposium ends, with more drinks and browsing @ Café
Catch up with this free symposium, and keep an eye out for more serious fun!
The programme on the evening of 16 April 2014 in The Nutshuis looks as follows:
17:30 Arrive for a drink and a browse of the exhibition @ Café
18:00 Symposium begins (with sur-prize for +HIP photo-essay winner)
@ Commissarissenzaal
20:00 Symposium ends, with more drinks and browsing @ Café
Catch up with this free symposium, and keep an eye out for more serious fun!