Jonas Fritsch & Martin BrynskovCenter for Digital Urban LivingAarhus University

Digital Cities 6Communities and Technologies

Penn State UniversityJune 2009

Between Engagement and Information: Experimental Urban Media in the Climate Change Debate

Digital Urban Living Information & Media Studies, AU

School of Journalism/UPDATE

Århus Stiftstidende

AFA JCDecaux

Aarhus School of Business, AU

Alexandra Institute

Municipality of Aarhus

Central Denmark Region

3XNielsen

The Animation Workshop

Moesgaard Museum

Skive Kunstmuseum

www.digitalurbanliving.dk

CAVI

BIG Bjarke Ingels Group

Martin Professional A/S

The Animation Workshop

Wall of Pixels

Media Facades

Civic Communication Berlingske Media / Midtjyske Medier (Stiften m. fl.)

AFA JCDecaux

DSB S-Train

BBC Big Screens

• the integration of journalism & participatory journalism

• municipal services• commercial services

Engaging experiences

Interaction design

Communities &social relations

New materials

Design processes

http://aarhusbylight.dkhttp://www.vimeo.com/1599226

Aarhus by Light

http://aarhusbylight.dk

http://www.vimeo.com/1599226

http://www.vimeo.com/1599705

Running Sculpture

http://colorscan.dk http://www.vimeo.com/1588093

Colorscan

http://www.digitalexperience.dk/?p=410

Interactive Runic Stone

Emergent Research TrajectoryUser-generated content (production/reception)

Engagement

Information

How is it possible to design interactive urban media that foster initial and sustained engagement for long-term commitment and expression?

How is it possible to design large-scale interactive urban systems that might engage people actively on a personal level in relation to a given content?

CO2030CO2-neutrality by 2030 (Municipalities of Aarhus + Kollision)

Engaging citizens individually; changing habits to make a difference

Exhibition where you could get inspiration on how to decrease your emission of CO2

Attract attention to the exhibition and give the citizen’s fight for a better climate a personal face in the cityscape

Movie - will notify when online!

CO2nfession/CO2mittment

68 videos recorded (rich and diverse content)

Personal exposure (challenge and necessity)

Dialogues in and around the booth

Serendipitous encounters

Generally difficult to get people to engage with the content in the city

Climate on the WallAttention (visibility) and playful interaction (immediate engagement)

Positive and active reception

Social interaction

Richness in interaction forms, not so much in level of information/content-production

Summing Up

General appreciation of the installations but more related to the immediate and playful engagement and not so much the possibility to produce and consume information.

Openness of the setup Relatively short-term period; maybe habits could evolve over time

Increased the focus on content and information in the design of the interactive urban system

Future projects

Climate on the Wall

CO2nfessions 2.0

The Sound of CO2

Planetary Pledge Pyramid

Urban Interactions

Affective Engagement

Content-generation in Urban Space

COP15