Situated Technologies Pamphlet Series
publication launch and panel discussion

http://www.situatedtechnologies.net

Friday, December 14, 2007
7:00 p.m.
The Urban Center
457 Madison Avenue
New York City

A reception and panel discussion celebrating the launch of the
Situated Technologies Pamphlet Series. Adam Greenfield and Mark
Shepard, co-authors of Situated Technologies Pamphlet 1: Urban
Computing and Its Discontents, together with Eric Paulos of Intel
Research, will consider the opportunities and dilemmas of ubiquitous
computing for urban life in this panel discussion launching the series.

The Situated Technologies Pamphlet Series emerged out of a three-day
symposium presented by The Center for Virtual Architecture, the
Institute for Distributed Creativity [iDC] and the Architectural
League of New York in October 2006. Published by the League and co-
edited by Omar Khan, Trebor Scholz and Mark Shepard, the series
explores the implications of ubiquitous computing for architecture
and urbanism: How are our experiences of the city and the choices we
make in it affected by mobile communications, pervasive media,
ambient informatics, and other “situated” technologies? How will the
ability to design increasingly responsive environments alter the ways
we conceive of space? What do architects need to know about urban
computing, and what do technologists need to know about cities? How
are these issues themselves situated within larger social, cultural,
environmental, and political concerns? Published three times a year
over three years, the series is structured as a succession of nine
“conversations” between researchers, writers and other practitioners
of architecture, art, philosophy of technology, comparative media
study, performance studies, and engineering.

Adam Greenfield is a writer, user experience consultant and
instructor at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications
Program. Before starting his current practice, Studies and
Observations, Adam was lead information architect for the Tokyo
office of well-known Web consultancy Razorfish. His clients have
included Toyota, Sony, Capgemini, and various agencies of the United
States government. Adam has spoken frequently on issues of design,
culture, technology and user experience before a wide variety of
audiences, including the SXSW Interactive festival, LIFT, the
European "Civilizations Numeriques" conference, Microsoft Research's
HCI2020 workshop, Aula, and the O'Reilly Emerging Technology
Conference. Most recently, he keynoted the 2007 International
Conference on Pervasive Computing. His 2006 book Everyware: The
dawning age of ubiquitous computing, has been acclaimed as
“groundbreaking,” “elegant,” and “soulful” by Bruce Sterling, and
“gracefully written, fascinating, and deeply wise” by Wired’s Steve
Silberman. He lives and works with his wife, artist Nurri Kim, in New
York City.
http://speedbird.wordpress.com

Mark Shepard is an artist, architect and researcher whose cross-
disciplinary practice draws on architecture, film, and new media in
addressing new social spaces and signifying structures of
contemporary network cultures. His research investigates the impact
of mobile and pervasive technologies on architecture and urbanism.
His current project, the Tactical Sound Garden [TSG] Toolkit, is an
open source software platform for cultivating virtual sound gardens
in urban public space. It has been presented at museums, festivals
and arts events internationally, including the Contemporary Museum,
Baltimore, Maryland; Conflux 2006; Brooklyn, New York; ISEA 2006, San
Jose, California; SIGGRAPH 2007, San Diego, California; Futuresonic,
Manchester, UK; Sonar Festival, Barcelona, Spain; The Electronic
Language International Festival – FILE 2007, São Paolo, Brazil; and
the Arte.Mov Festival for Mobile Media, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He is
currently an Assistant Professor of Architecture and Media Study at
the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, where he co-
directs the Center for Virtual Architecture.
http://www.andinc.org

Eric Paulos is a Senior Research Scientist at Intel in Berkeley,
California where he is the founder and director of the Urban
Atmospheres research group - challenged to employ innovative methods
to explore urban life and the future fabric of emerging technologies
across public urban landscapes. His areas of expertise span a deep
body of research territory in urban computing, social telepresence,
robotics, physical computing, interaction design, persuasive
technologies, and intimate media. Eric is a leading figure in the
field of urban computing and is a regular contributor, editorial
board member, and reviewer for numerous professional journals and
conferences. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science from UC Berkeley where he helped launch a new
robotic industry by developing some of the first internet tele-
operated robots including Space Browsing helium filled blimps and
Personal Roving Presence devices (PRoPs). Eric is also the founder
and director of the Experimental Interaction Unit and a frequent
collaborator with Mark Pauline of Survival Research Laboratories.
Eric's work has been exhibited at the InterCommunication Center (ICC)
in Japan, Ars Electronica, ISEA, SIGGRAPH, the Dutch Electronic Art
Festival (DEAF), SFMOMA, the Chelsea Art Museum, Art Interactive, LA
MOCA, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the ZKM, and a performance for
the opening of the Whitney Museum’s 1997 Biennial Exhibition.
http://www.urban-atmospheres.net

Admission is free for League members; $10 for non-members. League
members can make reservations by emailing [log in to unmask] or by
calling 212-980-3767