MeshCities

ADA Mesh Cities Christchurch

ADA Mesh Cities Christchurch is to be a series of events held over 2013-15. It proposes to address the role of media arts in the city, exploring key issues such as urban space, social engagement, memory and speculative futures through a series of symposia and artist workshop tours

Projects

OceansMesh

Artbase

Mesh Cities Artist Tour 2013

Mesh Cities Artist for 2013 is Dr Janine Randerson who will developing a collaborative network for a new work. ‘Neighbourhood Hope Index’ uses clouds and sound to map affective zones in post-earthquake Christchurch. The framework for this artwork stems from the emergent currency of data in the plan for a better city. A so-called silver lining for the embattled inhabitants is that a ‘smart’ city may emerge where the instrumental measurement of traffic flows, water quality, air quality and urban weather can be remedied.

Library

1980s Home Coding…

MELANIE SWALWELL, 2008.
From The Aotearoa Digital Arts Reader, ed. Brennan and Ballard, 2008.
Swalwell investigates this highly experimental practice that was a significant part of the reception and culture of early home computers. Her informants exemplify early relations to technology where the “probing of possibilities provided a base for invention”.