Dronesphere Colloquium

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Dronesphere Colloquium Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design 1 Spadina Cres, Toronto, Canada Saturday, February 23, 2019 11:00am to 6:00pm <A HREF="http://www.dronesphere.aero" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.dronesphere.aero</A>
No city has yet confronted a large scale domestic integration of either autonomous or remotely piloted aerial vehicles. Although, various district-scale experiments testing the occupation of urban airspace are underway.  During the latter half of 2018, rural delivery has begun in remote communities in Ontario, and has a longer history in rural contexts outside of Canada. However, the city presents a set of different spatial, social, legal, regulatory, and technical challenges. This event, through a series of panels and presentations, will address the place of aerial robotics in the city. It will feature presentations by scholars from design practice, art, architectural history, surveillance studies and engineering. The drone’s “place” within the city will be triangulated through speculative proposals, historical analysis, and a critical engagement with their use in the present.
For a complete schedule visit <A HREF="https://www.dronesphere.aero/schedule" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Dronesphere Schedule" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.dronesphere.aero/schedule</A>
Speakers Include: Ciara Bracken-Roche (UOttawa) John Harwood (UT) Immony Men (OCAD U) Fiona McDermott (Trinity College) Hillary Mushkin (CalTech) Giovanni de Niederhäusern (Carlo Ratti and Associati) Public Studio (UT) Ala Roushan (OCAD U) Sam Siewert (ERAU) Scott Sørli (UWaterloo) Mason White (UT) 
Keynote: Liam Young (Sci Arc)
Join speculative architect Liam Young and acclaimed electronic producer for the live expanded cinema performance, I Spy with my Machine Eye, a filmic tour told from the perspective of a drone drifting across the planet. Based around Young’s short film ‘In the Robot Skies’, the first fiction film shot entirely using preprogrammed drones and accompanied by acclaimed electronic producer Forest Swords’ original soundscape he narrates a near-future love story set against the fears and wonders of an impending drone age.
Special Thanks to the<A HREF="http://www.performanceart.ca/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> FADO Performance Art Center</A> and the<A HREF="https://iictoronto.esteri.it/iic_toronto/it/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Italian Cultural Institute</A> for co-presenting Liam Young’s performance lecture “I Spy With My Machine Eye”, and the “Projective Urban Air Mobility” panel, respectively.
Dronesphere Colloquium is organized by Simon Rabyniuk in conjunction with his Master of Architecture thesis.

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