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City Interactive
We are increasingly living in cities that are simultaneously interactive on a physical and a virtual level. Ubiquitous technology systems are being super-imposed (GPS/Wimax) onto the physical plans of streets, zones and roads. These systems are being matched by virtual modelling systems that track, personalise and network cities. Taking Charles Landry’s Creative Cities paper as a starting position, that cities cannot be creative unless they are diverse, this project draws together research based in a multi-disciplinary environment of town planning, social sciences, urban geography and architecture. It questions how, once we have mapped the city psychologically as well as physically and virtually, artists can then intervene