Summer event at Banff - Living Architectures: Designing for Immersion and Interaction

This event takes place from Friday September 22 through to Sunday September 24, 2000, at the The Banff New Media Institute in Canada.

The Living Architectures research Summit will develop approaches to designing highly responsive spaces, contexts and their contents and the needed intelligent softwares and tools, including surfaces, network capabilities, cellular technologies, motion sensing systems, projection and neural networks. Outdoor environments such as gardens, extreme sport spaces and nature walks can also be interactive. This summit will address questions such as: Can we develop a shared protocol? How can we create affordable environments that can link together and support creative projects and learning? What are the applications for these environments? How can artists, designers, architects, software creators build a closer alliance? Where do these design projects fit in the world of public and private art? Should spaces create context or be content laden? We will consider case studies of projects and their needs as well as existing design protocols. This summit will be a think tank for designers, artists, architects, computer scientists, cultural theorists, and economists.

Terry Braun has been invited to participate in the Summit by sharing his work in the dialogue and presentations sessions that will occur over the three days of the event.

"Living Architectures: Designing for Immersion and Interaction" is part of The Banff New Media Institute series of programs. The Banff New Media Institute provides leading-edge seminars, think tanks, summits and workshops for producers, designers, artists, writers, directors, software developers, new media content specialists, curators, scientists, educators and visionaries. We bring together mid-career and senior artists/professionals to cultivate unparalleled experiences and opportunities based on peer learning and research. In the year 2000, our focus is on science, art, culture, emotion and the fictions of the new millennium.