By Michael Longford
This map visually represents the disparate elements of the MDCN network. The Mobile Digital Commons Network is a national collaborative research network launched a year ago by the Banff New Media Institute and Concordia University. Situated in Banff, Toronto and Montreal the network is made up of designers, engineers, and communications scholars from a number of institutions that also includes the Ontario College of Art & Design and Concordia University. The MDCN explores the connections between human beings, urban and wilderness settings, and mobile technologies. By developing interactive mobile experiences and observing the dynamics inherent in wireless immersive environments, each of the MDCN projects that make up the network moves us closer to understanding how these technologies augment, enhance and transform our culturally situated experiences of urban and outdoor spaces.
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Biography
Michael Longford’s creative work and research activities reside at the intersection of photography, graphic design and new media. Currently, he is a co-principle investigator for the Mobile Digital Commons Network (MDCN), a joint research project launched by Concordia University and the Banff New Media Institute. He has organized numerous workshops, artist talks, exhibitions and conferences. He has also served on a number of committees overseeing the integration of new technologies in the Faculty of Fine Arts. He is a founding member of Hexagram and was a former axe director for the Advanced Digital Imaging and 3D Rapid Prototyping Group