Courses

Summer School: Augmented Collaboration #1 — Painting VR (Wim Reygaert)

Free for all. An evening with Wim Reygaert on painting in VR and techno-optimism.

19:30 — Saturday 19 August 2023
Aula Kasteel Ter Beken, Beekstraat 1-3, 9030 Ghent
Program excerpt:
Hi, my name is Wim and I’m a techno-optimist. I’m the kind of person that says things like “Virtual reality will save humanity!” …

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Images Required? — Stefan van der Spek & Hans Hoogexenboom (TU Delft)

Lecture: Stefan van der Spek & Hans Hoogexenboom (TU Delft) — Images Required?

Lecture. A talk on the integration of geomatics and urban design, demonstrating how GPS tracking, sensing platforms and visualization tools can inform planning and participation.

19:30 — Friday 9 September 2022
Aula Castle Ter Beken, Beekstraat 1–3, 9030 Ghent
Program excerpt:
The lecture covers GPS-based studies of how people use cities (visiting vs. living), dedicated tracking projects (e.g. Spatial Metro, Tracking Delft), sensor platforms for collecting movement and air-quality data, and the use of Virtual and Augmented Reality as tools for visualization, communication, evaluation and participation in urban design.

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Lecture: Dries De Poorter — Sense, Adapt, Create (Lecture Series #1)

Lecture. Dries De Poorter is a Belgian artist whose work addresses privacy, artificial intelligence, surveillance and social media through interactive installations, apps and games.

19:30 — Tuesday 6 September 2022
Aula Castle Ter Beken, Beekstraat 1–3, 9030 Ghent
Program excerpt:
De Poorter creates interactive projects that explore data, surveillance and participatory media. His work has been shown at Barbican, MUTEK, Art Basel, Bozar and numerous international festivals and venues.

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Lecture: David Novack — Sense, Adapt, Create (Lecture Series #3)

Lecture. David Novack (engineer, musician, PhD in Media Arts) presents work and research on sound design, audiovisual practice and media arts.

19:30 — Monday 12 September 2022
Aula Castle Ter Beken, Beekstraat 1–3, 9030 Ghent
Program excerpt:
With degrees in engineering and music and a PhD in Media Arts, David Novack is an award‑winning sound designer and re‑recording mixer for film and performance. Highlights include work on feature films and theatre productions, and practice that spans sound, film and installation. Former lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania; currently teaching and researching sound and cinema at Lusófona University for Humanities and Technology (Lisbon).

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Summer School: Augmented Collaboration #1 — YOU+PEA (Sandra Youkhana & Luke Caspar Pearson)

Free for all. A public presentation by YOU+PEA on integrating videogame technologies into architectural design.

19:30 — Wednesday 16 August 2023
Alexianenplein 1, 9000 Ghent (Sint‑Lucas campus)
Program excerpt:
YOU+PEA is the architectural design studio of Sandra Youkhana and Luke Caspar Pearson. Their work explores the integration of videogame technologies into architectural design, leading conversations on how games can engage new participants in the design of cities. YOU+PEA’s work operates between architectural interventions and virtual worlds, developing critical theory alongside creative practice to provoke conversations about the physical world.