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the workspace group urbantine project
at: tent london, truman brewery, london, UK
from: 18 - 21 september 2008

'open tables ecology' by working architecture group is this year's winner of the annual urbantine project,
organised by the workspace group and tent london. the project will be on display as part of the upcoming
tent london 2008. working architecture group (wag) is a design and research practice, that focus on ecology,
urbanism, architectural furniture and computer aided manufacture. their 'open tables ecology' project
is a study in contemporary interaction theory combining real places with digital media. recycled objects
and digitally enhanced tables and walls are part of their interactive installation.

wag explain how their installation works:
the ‘tables’ are for working on individually and collectively, and the ‘walls’ are for displaying the work
of the ‘tables’. for example, a workgroup at one of the tables or ‘table-objects’ start writing some ideas.
the computer (actually a piece of RSS aggregator software) identifies keywords on the table
(inputted on the table or by mobile), and starts to search RSS feeds for posts tagged with the keywords.
as these feeds start to display or get projected onto the various table-objects, the workgroups can tag
and cross reference them. this primary amended content then gets displayed on the walls and wall-objects,
to be seen and responded to by the larger community.





more:
http://www.urbantineproject.co.uk
http://www.wag-architecture.co.uk
http://www.tentlondon.co.uk