Locative Media (LEA Special Issue)

Locative Media LEA double special issue available via Leonardo Electronic Almanac edited by Drew Hemment, which also features an associated curriculum section, bibliography and online gallery.

Coming soon via Leonardo Electronic Almanac

Excerpt from Introduction:

"Since 'locative media' first came to prominence during a series of workshops and online discussions during 2003, this technological, social and artistic meme has circulated across different contexts and disciplines. A 'test category' for the convergence of geographical and data space, it has offered a prescient metaphor for the latest technological zeitgeist, one that looks beyond computing in its current form, developed around the needs of the office, and challenges the trend towards digital content being viewed as placeless, or only encountered in the amorphous space of the internet. The result has been a rich space where many thoughts and interests intersect, one often characterised by an emphasis on the social and user led, a site where technological utopianism rubs up against a critical understanding of locative media's place within the society of control. After Borges, what other spaces do we encounter when the map first equals, and ultimately becomes greater than the territory? And following Russell, how does time pass when we are able to search for sadness in New York?"