What are your favourite routes around the city? And how aware are you of the routes you take and the choices you make along the way? During Waag Open, you’ll map out other people’s routes around Nieuwmarkt through drawing.
The workshop is led by visual artist Esther Polak. Twenty-four years ago, she was already experimenting with GPS technology to visualise people’s routes through the city, years before the widespread introduction of smartphones and commercial navigation services. Together with Waag, Tom Demeyer and Jeroen Kee, she developed the media art project AmsterdamREALTIME, which playfully demonstrated how GPS technology would change human orientation and spatial perception. During Waag Open, we’re opting for a hands-on approach: you will observe and visualise the orientation and routes of others on the Nieuwmarkt.
Programme
| 19:30 - 19:45 hrs | Welcome & introduction |
| 19:45 - 21:15 hrs | Workshop by Esther Polak |
| 21:15 - 21:30 hrs | Drinks |
About Esther Polak
Esther Polak is active in the field of new media and was one of the first artists to experiment with GPS. Since 2010, Polak has been working full-time with Ivar van Bekkum as the artist duo PolakVanBekkum.
Accessibility
If you are tight on funds and want to participate in this event, please get in touch with sanna [@] waag [dot] org.
The Waag building is not accessible to visitors with reduced mobility. View our accessibility information here.
