Posts written by Jørn Knutsen

Immaterials exhibitions
The work in YOUrban that has been carried out under the ‘Immaterals’ theme is currently showing in two exciting exhibitions in Brighton and Amsterdam.

Revealed by snow and ice
Recently I rediscovered a series of photos I took around Oslo last winter. It was one of the coldest winter in quite some time. Yet again we are in the middle of the season of snow-covered roofs and glacial streets. The photos reminded me how Oslo is truly a bi-seasonal city.

Noticing the city
Last week I put on a Systems/Layers walkshop on networked urbanism, to remind us all to look more up and down and to notice and question the manifestations of the network and it’s cultural implications.

Cognitive Cities conference
In February Einar and I attended the Cognitive Cities conference in Berlin. The spring-sun-soaked Berlin offered a lovely frame for a weekend dedicated to the ins and outs of the networked city. This post is a brief summary of some of the talks and general themes of the conference.