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'''Hidden City''' | == '''Hidden City''' == | ||
This project is based on artistic practices using cartographies to find different ways to see, experience and understand life, either real or imagined. | This project is based on artistic practices using cartographies to find different ways to see, experience and understand life, either real or imagined. | ||
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Under the term “hidden city” we understand events happening spontaneously at some place in the city and that we rarely are conscious about. The fast rhythm of the city makes us blind for such events. This is the reason why they go unnoticed, even though are there. | Under the term “hidden city” we understand events happening spontaneously at some place in the city and that we rarely are conscious about. The fast rhythm of the city makes us blind for such events. This is the reason why they go unnoticed, even though are there. | ||
After all: | After all: “What is a city? A place with a lot of people. A public space open and protected. A place, namely, a material fact of sense production. A concentration of meeting points. In the city first are the streets and plazas, the collective spaces, then come the buildings and tracks". [1] | ||
Therefore, we state that these events shape the nature of a city; making it more human-like. Where the public space is not just a space, where the physical dimensions but also the social, cultural and symbolic dimensions are confluent. | Therefore, we state that these events shape the nature of a city; making it more human-like. Where the public space is not just a space, where not only the physical dimensions but also the social, cultural and symbolic dimensions are confluent. | ||
Nowadays, maps are more than a physical and linear representation of territory. They are means to express concerns, reflect or criticize the public space and the urban life in a very subjective way. The portrayal of these maps expands and upgrades its content with other kinds of information and signification, placing us as active individuals in the global space, making us part of something, an identity. | Nowadays, maps are more than a physical and linear representation of territory. They are means to express concerns, reflect or criticize the public space and the urban life in a very subjective way. The portrayal of these maps expands and upgrades its content with other kinds of information and signification, placing us as active individuals in the global space, making us part of something, an identity. | ||
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Notes | Notes | ||
[1] Borja, Jordi, La ciudad del deseo. Flacso, Ecuador, 2001. | [1] Borja, Jordi, La ciudad del deseo. Flacso, Ecuador, 2001. Translation by Adriana Román. | ||
"¿Qué es una ciudad? Un lugar con mucha gente. Un espacio público, abierto y protegido. Un lugar, es decir, un hecho material productor de sentido. Una concentración de puntos de encuentro. En la ciudad lo primero son las calles y plazas, los espacios colectivos, luego vendrán los edificios y las vías.” | |||
'''Tags:''' participatory web, collaborative Interface, data visualization, geolocation, | |||
non linear narratives, citizen participation and collective creativity, remix, mobile apps. | |||