Ergin, E;
Fatah gen. Schieck, A;
(2018)
Times Square in the Era of Post-truth Politics.
In:
MAB18 Proceedings of the 4th Media Architecture Biennale Conference.
(pp. pp. 11-18).
ACM: New York, NY, USA.
(In press).
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Abstract
In the era of ‘Post-truth politics’, political and activist statements related to administration issues of different regions on the Earth started to appear on the big digital screens of Times Square, New York City. In this paper, we investigate this phenomenon and focus in particular on the role of the screens content (semantics) and the screens material property (ie light) in conveying the message and the construction of the notion of ‘reality’. Examples such as ‘Midnight moment’ and campaigns such as ‘Free Balochistan’, ‘Call for Trump’s Impeachment’, ‘3 Billboards are explored and outline how billboards could be used rather than an advertisement. Based on our preliminary data collection and analysis of light measurements in the Times Square, we found out that during nighttime the square is occasionally brighter than daytime and it seems that the intensity of light during nighttime, contributes to the change of time perception materially. We suggest that the amount of nighttime illumination in Times Square may contribute to the reconstructing the notion of reality.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Times Square in the Era of Post-truth Politics |
| Event: | 4th Media Architecture Biennale Conference, 13 - 16 November 2018, Beijing, China |
| Location: | Beijing, China |
| Dates: | 13 November 2018 - 17 October 2018 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-4503-6478-2 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1145/3284389.3284394 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1145/3284389.3284394 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Media Architecture, Digital screens, Post-Truth politics, Reality, Artificial illumination |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Architecture |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10057720 |
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