Hybrid Space
Today on the 19th of August 2009 again Edu-thlon lectures. Frans Vogelaar is talking about Hybrid Space lab and its projects for Ruhr - European Capital of Culture in 2010. The lecture is held at 6pm in studios of the Academy of Arts in Vilnius, Malunu 3. Live stream via Artothlon pages.
By fusing analog physical local spaces and global communication networks, hybrid spaces are created that participate to both the local and the global condition. The lecture introduces the potential of hybrid (combined analog/digital) spaces as creative environments enabling the communication, the migration of ideas and the development of a “hybrid” (both local and global) culture of experimentation.
Frans Vogelaar together with architect Elizabeth Sikiaridi he founded and runs the Hybrid Space Lab in Amsterdam. Currently Frans Vogelaar is head of the Hybrid Space Department at the Media Art Academy Cologne. He is consultant to the Dutch Government on efficient use of urban space in the information age.
Frans Vogelaar worked as architect at the Studio Alchymia (Allessandro Mendini) in Milan and co-operated with the star of architecture Rem Koolhaas (Office for Metropolitan Architecture Koolhaas, Roterdam).