Stroom Travels: Information Aesthetics by Karin Mientjes and Aaron Koblin <>TAG

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Date: Saturday, 29 September, 2007, 16:00 hrs - 22:00 hrs
Cost per participant: €30, including dinner
Departure and end point: <>TAG, Stille Veerkade 19, The Hague

Wandering through the city can be understood as gathering data. How can these personal experiences be shared with others, and how can we find the common denominator between different collections? The city of The Hague is the given, the routes are the system, and the participant is the unexpected personal factor in the system.

This Stroom Travel is a quest for the aesthetics of a computer system through an exploration of the public space of the city. The system is fixed, but the parameters are determined by the personal visions and preferences of the participants in this Travel. Under the guidance of several tour leaders from <>TAG, except for Karin Mientjes and Aaron Koblin, the leaders are Hicham Khalidi, Keir Neuringer (USA), and Daniel Patijn – each group of participants determines their own unpredictable route within the system. After completing the various routes, all findings from each group are collected and mapped during the dinner. This map will offer insight into the personal elements of each route. View the same system from different perspectives and gain a different experience of the city and the system.

The Stroom Travel 'Information Aesthetics' is part of the 'After Neurath' event, organized across the period 2006-2008.

Karin Mientjes is an independent graphic designer based in The Hague. Her work focuses on the intersection of various design disciplines. With a background in graphic design, she seeks connections, combining an editorial message with media related to patterns, format, and space.

Aaron Koblin (USA) is a designer, artist, and researcher. He graduated in 2006 in design/media at UCLA and now works as an independent researcher and artist, also for companies like Yahoo.
website Aaron Koblin

<>TAG is a platform for contemporary audiovisual art in The Hague. The organization aims to create an environment where young designers and artists from different backgrounds can meet, exchange ideas, and initiate new projects. This results in a network in which knowledge and experience are shared.

Stroom Travels are led and curated by people with a unique vision of the city. This results in one-of-a-kind journeys through The Hague, where the public can view the city from an unprecedented perspective and experience it in a surprising way. The Stroom Travels are made possible with the support of the Stimuleringsfonds voor Architectuur.