Aware - shared mobile experience(s)

Speaker: Andrew Paterson and John Evans, Aware
When: 10.00AM, Thu 27 Jan 2005
Venue: 78-622
Host: Ann Morrison
Abstract: 

    This presentation follows a master class in Sydney on collective
    contribution, publication and syndication of mobile media for
    socially-engaged media art practices. It will introduce the Aware
    platform, a design tool and a production environment, allowing for
    collective publication and syndication of mobile media. The focus is
    upon relations between objective and subjective contextual
    information, such as proximity, location, temporality, theme and
    event. Important strategies are: working from the lowest common
    technological denominator to maintain flexibility and inclusiveness;
    open-source solutions within propriety networks; human relationships
    and experience; context and situatedness.

Biography: 

    Aware is a multi-disciplinary project based in Finland that turns
    the <technology = inattention> equation on its head. Instead of
    mobile phones isolating their owners from the world around them,
    Aware explores how mobile technologies can be used to enhance
    peopleøs experiences of their environment and the people around
    them.

    John Evans
    I consider and label myself a 'designer', however I have no
    preference or allegiance to any particular field of 'traditional
    design'; I actively benefit from crossing what others consider
    boundaries both within and extending outside the accepted discourse
    of design. As a designer I have designed / constructed / coordinated
    3D structures, abstract systems, pure multimedia and workshops.

    Andrew Paterson
    Paterson has a creative practice that evolved from the processes of
    printmaking, through a blend of poetic text, mixed media, virtual
    audio-augmented environments, towards emerging mobile interfaces. He
    has exhibited a mixture of media in Scotland and Finland, and
    in complementary measure has experience coordinating digital and
    traditional art-development workshops with a variety of people,
    community settings, for local and regional organisations. This
    background has been extended into workshops exploring creative
    applications of mobile technologies.