User:Michel W/SPECIAL ISSUE🥀24

I.April

Special Issue🎶

❋ ON LOITERING and other forms of in-situ computation ❋

The joy of living in a city?

On April 15th, we were at the Zuidplein Public Library, conducting observations around the area. I stayed in the shopping mall with Wang and Victor, who were next to the library. I noticed I'm easily captivated by unique shapes and prints. It was a peaceful observation time as I sat on the bench and watched people walking around. After that, I lingered in the shopping mall for a while. Sometimes I feel insecure when people just stand around, which reminded me of the article we read in the first Monday class, "Why Loiter? Women and Risk on Mumbai Streets."

However, the struggle against violence and the quest for pleasure cannot be separate things. The quest for pleasure actually strengthens our struggle against violence, framing it in the language of right rather than protection. The 'right to pleasure' must always include 'the right to live without violence'.

Screen shot from the "Why Loiter? Women and Risk on Mumbai Streets" by Shilpa Phadke & Sameera Khan & Shilpa Ranade

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There are 3 lists I've made with two different methods to observe things.Shapes, patterns/prints. To me, I'm passionate about visualize things and create weird and wonderful combination thought this process :)

Patterns that I found

⭑Shapes:

white rectangle blocks on the ceiling

yellow double circle shape window on the door where you can see outside

Black & white chicken head shape store sign

Double circle of store sign with green light

Strange shape banana boat plate and ice cream on a menu

Flower shape button

Black & white arrow store sign

⭑Patterns:

Weird poses models, raising their hands that look like a line pattern

The closing door - has horizontal and vertical line patterns

The metal on the ground

Optical store sign

⭑People wearing patterns, walking in the mall:

A baby girl with grey and orange flowers pattern

A woman with b&w check long coat

A girl with b&w dots T shirt

A grandma with flowers pattern print shirt

A woman brings a leopard tote bag

A flower patterns of lamp at Meeting point

A zebra print with yellow light at Meeting point

A girl wears blue and white stripe pants

A person wears yellow snake skin pattern flare pants

Lavender transparent fabric covered on the construction building

Wabi Sabi aesthetic

Things I have connections with on the street near Blaak area.

❋ Apr.22 ❋

I. outside: Eixogen (location-based game) trail demo by Louisa

https://eixo.codes/

II. Trying others scripts and loitering:

Lorenzo, Thijs, Wang, Mania

⭑Prototype walk scripts:

T = Time 
L = Linger,loitering
C = counting shapes/patterns
1 = turn right
2 = turn left
3 = go straight 
M = relax
{
T = 15;
L = 3;
C = 5;
}
If (T < 15, C == 5, 1 + 1 + 3 = M) {
grab_a_nice_coffee
}
If (T=15, C == 8, 2 + 2 + 2 = M ) {
Find_a_quiet_place_to_sit
}
Else if (M == 3) {
go_home_and_sleep
}

Me and Zuzu found a tranquil trail when we were participating the Eixogen game at Rotterdam, Beukelsbrug / Van Nellefabriek bus stop.