Current & upcoming:

“Urban screens confront us with the aesthetic phenomenon of building-size images.”

– Andreas Broeckmann, “Intimate Publics. Memory, Performance, and Spectacle in Urban Environments” (2008).

Urban Screens is a series of events and seminars that has been organized around the theme of outdoor display screens (LED signs, plasma screens, projection boards, information terminals as well as intelligent architectural surfaces) in urban areas. It supports the idea of using public space as a platform for creation and cultural exchange, strengthening the local economy and encouraging public discussion. Since its inauguration in 2005 in Amsterdam, it has been staged in Manchester in 2007 and Melbourne in 2008. Now, in 2009, it is returning to Amsterdam.

Read further for more details about the upcoming event.

December 3-4, 2009 | TrouwAmsterdam, Amsterdam

Urban Screens 09 will update, draw upon and bring together the themes considered in the previous events in Amsterdam 2005, Manchester 2007 and Melbourne 2008. It will consist of a book launch at the TrouwAmsterdam in Amsterdam and present a program involving guest speakers. The Urban Screens reader’s call for papers has now closed.

A separate event in partnership with NAi (Nederlands Architectuurinstituut) in Rotterdam is also under way. This will become clearer after August; please check back.

website: The event specific website is currently in development and will be accessible shortly at www.networkcultures.org/urbanscreens

credits: Organized by the Institute of Network Cultures and NAi in Rotterdam.