30-minute talk show sessions live from the studio at Pakhuis de Zwijger with special guests looking back and ahead at the highlights and various themes of the MAB Program.
This session features Gernot Tscherteu and Martin Tomitsch who will be looking back at the history of the Media Architecture Biennale and developments in the field. This will be followed by a conversation with Amit Gupta, founder of the global online magazine STIR, and how he relates to the themes of MAB. Paper chairs Glenda Caldwell and Alexander Wiethoff will discuss trends and developments in this year’s scientific contributions to the field. The session will end with Michiel de Lange introducing the MAB Theme of Playful & Artistic Civic Engagement.
Gernot Tscherteu
Interaction designer and researcher at realitylab.at
Glenda Caldwell
Dr Glenda Amayo Caldwell is an Associate Professor in Architecture, and the Academic Lead Research in the School of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia
Alexander Wiethoff
Senior Lecturer at LMU Munich
Martin Tomitsch
Professor of Interaction Design and Director of the Urban Interfaces group at the University of Sydney Design Lab
Michiel de Lange
Assistant Professor in New Media Studies at Utrecht University and co-founder of The Mobile City
Amit Gupta
A designer, thinker and conceptualizer for things creative, provocative and challenging, Amit traversed into promoting design and architecture by establishing the first Indian design gallery- vis a vis, in 1997. vis a vis curated highly acclaimed architecture and design events.