Assia Kraan

plek, media, GPS, fun, collect

Assia Kraan writes and speaks about sharing locative experiences through media technology. Her training is in new media (University of Utrecht, NL) and her interests include locative media, the concept of place and personal and social use of space. Her thesis 'Citysense' discussed reflection on urban experiences through locative media art.

In Open (11th edition) she wrote about locative media art 'To act in public through geo-annotation'.

Together with artists, media technologists and theorists she studies the practice of experiencing place, becoming aware, register and share. She researches new technologies of visualization patterns, networks and nodes.

She worked on 'Tussenland' a social-cultural project for the city council of Amsterdam in addition to her work as functional designer at Quinity.

Keywords: place, media, landmark, at home, meaning, personal logic, memories, experience, orientate, navigate, city, neighborhood, landscape, patterns, networks.