The Media Architecture Biennale 2023 (MAB23) takes place June 14-15 (online) and June 21-23 (in-person) in Toronto, Canada. The event, which features keynotes, roundtables, and awards, aims to offer a platform for communities of research and practice concerned with media and the built environment. MAB23 will bring together students, academics, and professionals from architecture, art, design, urban planning, media and communication, urban informatics, and public policy to share new ideas and shape this evolving field.
The Media Architecture Biennale 2023 is an exploration of new proximities made available through urban screens, media façades, public projection, augmented reality, and interactive multimedia installations. While media architecture’s physical, social, political, and technical systems continue to expand, this year’s themes—Equity & Access, Civic/Creative/Commercial, (Dis)engagement, and Intermedial Media Architecture—remind us of the important historical contexts of infrastructural change. Responsive designs are, in part, responses to abiding questions about colonialization and its afterlife; the shifting definition of public space; and the analog technologies that precede the sensors, screens, and tactile interfaces integrated into our contemporary built environment.
