By Samuel Thulin
This special issue of Wi takes an open approach to the theme of mobile making. It is motivated in part by the continuous proliferation of avenues for producing media on-the-go with mobile apps. But it also addresses constellations of mobilities and making that depart from a focus on apps, putting into play a wide range of tools and concepts.
By Malé Luján Escalante and Christopher Boyko
This paper discusses ideas of digital public spaces as a framework for making sense of an experience of collaborating in Numbers That Matter, a short cross-sector engagement design project that explored open data, wellbeing and wearables devices.
By Johanna Steindorf
The aim of this article is to present the audio walk as an experimental mobile method for artistic research.
By Ben Lenzner and Craig Hight
This paper uses the New York-based human rights organization WITNESS as a case study in examining the technological factors that complicate the pursuit of a human rights agenda, in an era of video making characterized by networked mobilities.
By Jen Southern
Mobility is made in the relations between flows and stoppages. At the center of this paper is an artist’s residency with a mass football game in the north of England that is said to have no rules.
By Taien Ng-Chan
The functionalistic and routine commute can be seen as simply necessary transport to move from point A to point B, but it can also be a meaningful practice of everyday life.
By Ximena Alarcon
After four years developing telematic sonic performances via the Internet, listening to the ‘in-between’ space in the context of human migration, I argue that questions derived from technical challenges and accessibility suggest the exploration of mobile phones for such performances.
By Aslak Aamot Kjaerulff and Kaare Svejstrup
This contribution is an audio montage made through and about the car as a medium.
By Linda O’Keeffe
This paper will focus on a creative process that took place in Derry Northern Ireland in June of 2014 and culminated with the production of a CD of sound art works.
By David Madden
This article details the sounding project I am conducting in Montreal’s Underground City—the more than 30 km network of tunnels, corridors and commercial spaces located throughout the downtown core of the city.