Located media and the question of manifestation in archaeology
Christopher Witmore, Brown University

Located media are modes of engagement tailor made for a specific place. Located media play upon mixed sensory realities in the evocation of particular presence effects, understandings or associations. Located media are deployed via mobile interfaces: miniDV cameras, video iPods, broadband cell phone, etc.From heritage sites in Greece to excavations in Providence, RI; from a granite circle by Richard Long to a site-specific sculpture by Patrick Dougherty; this presentation shares a series of experiments with located media over the past five years. It argues that located media challenge how we manifest the past (as place-events) and, in so doing, it reconfigures the types of pasts we transport with us into the future.