Defamiliarizing the City: Play, Affect, and the Activation of Imaginaries

Radojevic, Radmila, Simeona Petkova, and Núria Arbonés Aran

Radmila Radojevic

Radmila Radojevic teaches media and communication at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences. With a background in multimedia design, she has collaborated with cultural organizations including Eyesteelfilm and Studio XX (now Ada X) in Montreal. Her artistic projects—Monument du Vide (archived at Rhizome), d_verse, and Maids in Cyberspace—explore technology, identity, and digital aesthetics, bridging digital culture, creative practice, and critical research methods.

Dossiers, no. 3, vol. 10November 10, 2025<November 14, 2025

Defamiliarizing the City: Play, Affect, and the Activation of Imaginaries

Radmila Radojevic, Simeona Petkova and Núria Arbonés Aran

Play activates our imagination, but it can also fall short in fostering real change. Radmila Radojevic, Simeona Petkova and Núria Arbonés Aran reflect on this tension in relation to rapidly changing neighborhoods.