MICROCLIMATE MAPPING BERLIN (MO++)
by _Verena Kuni (DE)
#spaces&places #atmospheres #perception #micro-research #workshop
8.08.14 / 11:00-13:30
_buy your TICKET
_for the latest updates please follow the Facebook event for this tour
DETAILS:
_duration: 2,5 hrs
_language: DE / EN
_number of participants: 20
_age restrictions: participants can bring their children, however it’s not really recommended
_participants should bring a pencil and optionally notebooks, cameras, recording devices (upon personal preferences)
_basic materials and tools for those participants who have booked the tour in time will be provided by the guide
_in case of last minute changes you wil be also informed through your e-mail or phone
8.08.14 / 11:00-13:30
_buy your TICKET
_for the latest updates please follow the Facebook event for this tour
DETAILS:
_duration: 2,5 hrs
_language: DE / EN
_number of participants: 20
_age restrictions: participants can bring their children, however it’s not really recommended
_participants should bring a pencil and optionally notebooks, cameras, recording devices (upon personal preferences)
_basic materials and tools for those participants who have booked the tour in time will be provided by the guide
_in case of last minute changes you wil be also informed through your e-mail or phone
Meeting point: Moritzplatz, staircase of Aufbau-Haus
EN /
While we are pretty much used to observation-based daily rants about the weather, talking about climate seriously affords to take much longer periods of time in account. For a more compact climate research however, we can focus our attention on microclimate: locally delimited atmospheric zone(s), characterized by a set of remarkable criteria rendering them different compared to the areas in their surroundings.
Obviously, not only climate in general, but also micro-climate is decisive for the way life and living together work in urban biotopes. Similar to climate, also microclimate is influenced by humans, by their individual as well as by their social behaviour. Therefore, it should be worthwhile to research microclimate(-zones) in urban spaces – especially if we are interested in the way(s) common spaces are built and used.
In the framework of the B_Tour Festival, you are invited to participate in a MICROCLIMATE MAPPING SPRINT* around Moritzplatz.
* Please note: MICROCLIMATE MAPPING SPRINTS do not afford sporty condition, but rather stress perceptual and mental abilities. Usually no one has to run...
DE /
Während wir ziemlich daran gewöhnt sind, täglich das Wetter zu beobachten und uns darüber auszutauschen, erfordert es viel mehr Zeit ernsthaft über das Klima zu reden. Für eine kompakte Erforschung des Klimas können wir unsere Aufmerksamkeit auf das Mikroklima konzentrieren, d.h. auf lokal begrenzte atmosphärische Zonen, die durch eine Reihe von bemerkenswerten Kriterien gekennzeichnet und im Vergleich zu den verschiedenen Bereichen in ihrer Umgebung erkennbar sind.
Ganz klar, nicht nur das Klima im Allgemeinen, sondern auch das Mikroklima ist entscheidend für die Art und Weise wie Leben und Zusammenleben in städtischen Biotopen wirken. Ähnlich wie das Klima, wird das Mikroklima durch den Einfluss des Menschen und dessen individuelles und soziales Verhalten beeinflusst. Daher ist es lohnenswert, Mikroklima(-zonen) in urbanen Räumen zu erforschen, vor allem, wenn man sich dafür interessiert, wie gemeinsame Räme entstehen und genutzt werden.
Im Rahmen des B_Tour Festivals, bist du eingeladen, an einem MIKROKLIMA MAPPING SPRINT * am Moritzplatz teilzunehmen.
*Bitte beachte: Der MIKROKLIMA MAPPING SPRINT erfordert keine sportlichen Voraussetzungen, er legt den Schwerpunkt eher auf die Wahrnehmung und geistige Fähigkeiten. Normalerweise muss niemand rennen...
_author / guide:
Verena Kuni (DE) is scholar in the field of art, cultural and media studies and professor for visual culture at the Goethe University, Frankfurt Main. Since 1996 she is lecturing, researching and teaching at universities and art academies in Europe and beyond. Her curatorial work is dedicated to interdisciplinary projects and programs at the intersections of theory and practice. Her research focuses a. o. on transfers between material and media cultures; media of imagination and technologies of transformation; DIY and prosumer cultures; urban biotopes; games, play and toys as tools; alternate realities and (trans)formations of time. She has published widely (print & online) on contemporary arts, culture & media. Since 1997, she also runs her own radio shows.
www.kuniver.se – www.under-construction.cc – www.visuelle-kultur.info – www.gunst.info
While we are pretty much used to observation-based daily rants about the weather, talking about climate seriously affords to take much longer periods of time in account. For a more compact climate research however, we can focus our attention on microclimate: locally delimited atmospheric zone(s), characterized by a set of remarkable criteria rendering them different compared to the areas in their surroundings.
Obviously, not only climate in general, but also micro-climate is decisive for the way life and living together work in urban biotopes. Similar to climate, also microclimate is influenced by humans, by their individual as well as by their social behaviour. Therefore, it should be worthwhile to research microclimate(-zones) in urban spaces – especially if we are interested in the way(s) common spaces are built and used.
In the framework of the B_Tour Festival, you are invited to participate in a MICROCLIMATE MAPPING SPRINT* around Moritzplatz.
* Please note: MICROCLIMATE MAPPING SPRINTS do not afford sporty condition, but rather stress perceptual and mental abilities. Usually no one has to run...
DE /
Während wir ziemlich daran gewöhnt sind, täglich das Wetter zu beobachten und uns darüber auszutauschen, erfordert es viel mehr Zeit ernsthaft über das Klima zu reden. Für eine kompakte Erforschung des Klimas können wir unsere Aufmerksamkeit auf das Mikroklima konzentrieren, d.h. auf lokal begrenzte atmosphärische Zonen, die durch eine Reihe von bemerkenswerten Kriterien gekennzeichnet und im Vergleich zu den verschiedenen Bereichen in ihrer Umgebung erkennbar sind.
Ganz klar, nicht nur das Klima im Allgemeinen, sondern auch das Mikroklima ist entscheidend für die Art und Weise wie Leben und Zusammenleben in städtischen Biotopen wirken. Ähnlich wie das Klima, wird das Mikroklima durch den Einfluss des Menschen und dessen individuelles und soziales Verhalten beeinflusst. Daher ist es lohnenswert, Mikroklima(-zonen) in urbanen Räumen zu erforschen, vor allem, wenn man sich dafür interessiert, wie gemeinsame Räme entstehen und genutzt werden.
Im Rahmen des B_Tour Festivals, bist du eingeladen, an einem MIKROKLIMA MAPPING SPRINT * am Moritzplatz teilzunehmen.
*Bitte beachte: Der MIKROKLIMA MAPPING SPRINT erfordert keine sportlichen Voraussetzungen, er legt den Schwerpunkt eher auf die Wahrnehmung und geistige Fähigkeiten. Normalerweise muss niemand rennen...
_author / guide:
Verena Kuni (DE) is scholar in the field of art, cultural and media studies and professor for visual culture at the Goethe University, Frankfurt Main. Since 1996 she is lecturing, researching and teaching at universities and art academies in Europe and beyond. Her curatorial work is dedicated to interdisciplinary projects and programs at the intersections of theory and practice. Her research focuses a. o. on transfers between material and media cultures; media of imagination and technologies of transformation; DIY and prosumer cultures; urban biotopes; games, play and toys as tools; alternate realities and (trans)formations of time. She has published widely (print & online) on contemporary arts, culture & media. Since 1997, she also runs her own radio shows.
www.kuniver.se – www.under-construction.cc – www.visuelle-kultur.info – www.gunst.info
Photo courtesy of Verena Kuni