Public Space Broadcasting: An Interview with Mike Gibbons
Mike Gibbons is Head of Live Sites and UK Coordination for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Prior to joining LOCOG, he was the Project Director, BBC Live Events where he set up a pilot project to establish what became a network of nine Big Screens in the Public Space Broadcasting Project. This led to his being part of the first Urban Screens Conference in Amsterdam 2005 and being Chair of Manchester Urban Screens Conference 2007. In his role with LOCOG, Mike and his team are co-operating with the BBC and relevant city councils to install large LED screens in urban centres across the United Kingdom as part of the programme to bring the Olympic Games in 2012 to as many people as possible. These screens will then be a legacy of the 2012 Games.
Putting Art into Urban Space: An Interview with Jan Schuijren
Jan Schuijren is the conceptual developer and curator of CASZUIDAS - Contemporary Art Screen Zuidas, a 40m urban screen located on Zuidplein in Zuidas, Amsterdam. Founded in 2007, CASZ presents moving images in public space 18 hours a day, 365 days a year. Jan is currently developing the concept for a platform for art interventions over the course of the ten-year urban development of the former Philips terrain Strijp-S in Eindhoven.