Connor Cook
Connor Cook is a media artist and researcher from California, currently based in Amsterdam. Utilizing real-time software systems and hardware interfaces, he designs informatic circuits that integrate body and machine, exploring their libidinal interplay through a practice of 'computational performance.' His research interests concern the evolutionary dynamics of techno-cultural systems. He holds a BA from Harvard University and an MA from the Design Academy Eindhoven, where he now acts as a tutor in both the BA and MA degree programs. He recently completed Antikythera, a research fellowship in the Philosophy of Technology at the Berggruen Institute in Los Angeles.
Games and cities are shaped by protocols and procedures. Drawing on the concept of ‘Gamespace,’ Connor Cook discusses how gamic principles are applied to urban planning and how these might be playfully resisted in turn.
