Publications
Future Places, Virtual Spaces and the Slipstream
Strover, Sharon
I have spent much of the past year thinking about networks and broadband connectivity, especially about what that connectivity means in rural …
Worldwide Future
São Simão, Fátima
Our lives have expanded due to increasing use of Digital Media. A whole new dimension of reality is now available virtually to …
Emerging Directions
Gustafson, Karen
In 2008, futureplaces was created as a venue for exploring how digital media can support local culture. The past two festivals have …
Beyond Like: Thoughts on psychic octopi, soft superstition and wishful activism
Heitor Alvelos
Recent media activity during the 2010 world cup was indelibly marked by the presence of Paul the psychic octopus, who correctly predicted …
Oporto-Brooklyn Bridge
Kaly, Naomi, & Alyssa Casey
Interactive Sound Installation Conductive thread, custom electronics, speakers, wood, silver bead 270H x 400L x 25W cm 2nd Prize Winner in Future …
Glimmer
Harding, Mike
1 Vislumbrar De modo a fugir ao calor, fomo-nos gradualmente deslocando para debaixo da terra. A água arrefece-nos, mantém-nos, alimenta-nos. Mas este …
‘futureplaces’
Dagmar Kase
The base of this essay is reality that I define as the world of everyday life which is a quality appertaining to …
Open Cities: an afterword.
Gunn, David
“Open Cities / Porto” by Guillermo Brown and David Gunn An Afterword. And 1913: Charley Patton sits, exhausted, in the boarding houses …
Something From Everything
Cruz, João
Every single morning after waking up I go through my daily routine of digital connectivity. Sleeping, seems to be just an hiatus …
The day Stop Stopped Stopping.
Anselmo Canha and Heitor Alvelos
by Anselmo Canha and Heitor Alvelos Stop Shopping Center (CCStop) opened in Porto in the early 1980´s, and soon turned out to …
“The future will go backwards”
Jon Wozencroft
“The future will go backwards” is a riposte to Althusser’s famous work, “L’Avenir Dure Longtemps” (translated by his American publishers as “The Future Lasts …
Backlash
Nuno Azevedo
During the last decade of the last century it was clear that international success across a wide variety of domains was all …
The University of Porto and the New Media
Alves, Artur Pimenta
The University of Porto and the New Media One essential characteristic of Modern Digital Media is the fact that they are not …
Digital Media, Local Cultures
Strover, Sharon
People everywhere are attracted to media because we know they’re important change agents: they affect people – they arouse us emotionally, motivate …
Future places of action and transformation.
Ribas, Luísa
The starting point is an intrigue. The very title of the festival “Future Places” intrigues by its effect of both ‘displacing’ us …
No longer longing: digital media as the agent of contextual change
Heitor Alvelos
Heitor Alvelos, Summer 2009 On one year of futureplaces The very Portuguese lack of tradition of social involvement is heavily documented and …
