This is an experiment we did with our colleague Sydney Newtown from the School of Built Environment at UTS. Syd is interested in how people experience the city and uses digital tech to monitor and record how people respond physiologically and behaviourally to experiences of the built environment. We went for a guided walk of […]

With a few recommendations, we went to the Sydney French Film Festival to see Tomorrow, a 2015 documentary by Melanie Laurent and Cyril Dion. The film presents five chapters, each telling a local activist story that addresses the global challenges of Agricultue, Energy, Economy, Democracy, and Education. Predictably, the agriculture chapter was most interesting to […]

I am writing from a Los Angeles neighbourhood called Angelino Heights, where I have interviewed Sam Icklow, a filmmaker, friend and fellow edge mapper. Sam and I have been watching each other’s work from afar for the last few years. In September, we finally got to go for a walk and have a chat. Ali: […]