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City Imagery and Interactive Displays

Toni Bover i Albert Bonvehí. Vic. 2009/2010
Toni Bover i Albert Bonvehí. Vic. 2009/2010

During the academic year 2009/2010, the Escola Casa Masferrer(1) (Casa Masferrer School) engaged in a participatory process for developing a park in Vic. A recreational space was proposed for everyone, featuring no architectural barriers, free wifi access, and a large interactive screen (2 )(for playing computer games in the street or sharing live concerts with other communities). In the background, it was suggested that a large-format image2 of the Estudiants de Vic (3)(Vic students), the oldest users of those buildings, which were an old Seminar, be installed.

Video screens have become prevalent on the facades of commercial buildings in large metropolitan areas (4). In this image management project, a new depiction of the city is showcased, going beyond some of the activities that take place within the interiors of homes4. The archaeologist Eudald Carbonell (5) describes the future as a projection of the visions from the present. Recently, amidst disruptive changes, not everyone experiences and understands the same present (6).

Keywords

Image management Image of the city

References

Texts

  • 1. FCAVV [en línia]. La Farinera, Centre d’Arts Visuals de Vic. Disponible a: < https://www.lafarinera.cat/index.php?lang=ca> (Data Consulta: 24 de novembre de 2023)
    In 1989, the Escola Casa Masferrer (Casa Masferrer School) was founded from the merger of the activities of the Escola Municipal de Dibuix (Municipal School of Drawing) and the Institut Fotogràfic d’Osona (Photographic Institute of Osona). Digital innovation and the creation of projects linked to visual communication were incorporated into the centre's training tasks. In 2011, this centre became La Farinera, Centre d’Arts Visuals de Vic (Visual Arts Centre). In the academic year 2009/2010, as Escola Casa Masferrer, we collaborated in the participative process for the urbanisation of the Maria Àngels Anglada Park (a space near the school)
  • 2. 033 La fotografia com escenografia de la ciutat / Photography as the scenography of the city
  • 3. Seminari / Vic [en línia]. Breu història del Seminari de Vic . Disponible a: <https://seminarivic.cat/historia/ > (Data Consulta: 28 de novembre de 2023)
  • 4. Bover, A. Fotografia d’urbanisme: anàlisis de la imatge fotográfica en la comunicación visual d’un espai urbà. Regot, J. (Director). Tesi doctoral, Departament d’Expressió Gràfica Arquitectònica, UPC, 2011.
  • 5. Carbonell , E. (2007). El naixement d’una nova consciència. Badalona: Ara Llibres, S.L. P. 169.
    “ El futur està en el present i en la nostra ment com a projecció del moment científic i social que vivim”
  • 6. 100 IA, la nebulosa del futur /AI, the nebula of the future

Images

  • In the first image, the use of space is illustrated with children from the Municipal School of Drawing (Casa Masferrer School) painting in the street, and young people enjoying video games outdoors on a large-format screen.
    Photomontage for an urbanization project in Vic. 2009/2010.
  • The second image displayed some of the possibilities for sharing live concerts online with other villages through large screens.
    Photomontage for an urbanization project in Vic. 2009/2010.