2005 Beyond Media Festival

Wrapping up this weekend in Florence is the 8th annual Beyond Media festival. Since 2003, the festival has curated exhibitions of architetural research that illustrate the relationships between current architectural projects and the media of their communication. The theme this year is 'SCRIPTS,' and the second exhibition, SPOT ON SCHOOLS promises to be especially interesting. From the website...

"...Today, a more structured mode of investigation has led to the second edition of "SPOT ON SCHOOLS", exhibit curated by Paola Giaconia which explores the involvement of about 20 schools of architecture and design, selected worldwide, in the topic of the new media of communication. The invited institutions will tell, through the experience of the students and of the instructors, how the new technologies influence the various phases of a design, starting from the very act of creative conception."