Présentation de Nicolas Nova

1. Mobile
Circulations
nicolas nova
HEAD-Geneva / Near Future Laboratory
“Mobile & creation”
June 15, 2012

2. UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING
“yesterday’s tomorrow”
Bell, G. & Dourish, P. (2007). Yesterday’s tomorrows. Notes on ubiquitous computing’s dominant vision »,
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, vol. 11, n° 2, 2007.

3. UBICOMP
An alternative to this “yesterday’s tomorrow”

4. “LOCATIVE MEDIA”
Repurposing the GPS ecosystem
"Inexpensive receivers for
global positioning
satellites have given
amateurs the means to
produce their own
cartographic information
with military precision..."
(Kalnins & Tuters, 2001)

5. LOCATIVE MEDIA
From on-line forums to spatial forums
Urban Tapestries, 2004

6. LOCATIVE MEDIA
From RPG to location-based storytelling engines
Choose your own adventure, 1970s 7scenes, 2010

7. LOCATIVE MEDIA
Relying on “caching” practices
Geocaching CatchBob!, 2004

8. LOCATIVE MEDIA
Relying on “caching” practices
Geocaching Treasure Troves, 2009

9. LOCATIVE MEDIA
Relying on “caching” practices
Bookcrossing Streetpass Puzzle, 2010

10. LOCATION-BASED READING EXPERIENCE
Reading with a map
Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien We tell stories, 2010

11. LOCATION-BASED READING EXPERIENCE
Localized experiences
Alessandro Catania Wanderlust, 2011

12. REACTIVE MUSIC
Chasing sounds
Grunding ad, 1960s Trippy, 2010

13. LOCATIVE MEDIA
Chasing practices
Oterp, Antonin Fourneau

14. MOVIE EDITING
“Walk your film”
Walking the edit, 2010

15. “NEW AESTHETIC” (James Bridle)
The circulation of digital representation in the physical
Draw Something, 2012 “Draw something canva” by @bsabet

16. NEW AESTHETIC? (James Bridle)
The circulation of digital representation in the physical
Cinema city by Johnatan Rennie

17. MOBILE IN THE PHYSICAL
Unexpected creativity?

18. CONCLUSION
So what?
‣ Common thread = the practices and the motivations of
people a certain situation are turned as a starting point
from creation
‣ Digital/physical hybridization

19. MERCI
nicolas.nova@hesge.ch