nighttime urbanism – Manuel Garcia-Ruiz

Opening Round Table at the Urban Audiovisual Festival: The City and the Night

Each year, the Urban Audiovisual Festival (UAF) begins with an open, interdisciplinary round table that sets the tone for the entire event. This moment is not just symbolic—it’s a foundational space where critical perspectives intersect, where researchers, practitioners, artists, and activists come together to engage in collective reflection. The 2020 edition was no exception. WithContinueContinue reading “Opening Round Table at the Urban Audiovisual Festival: The City and the Night”

Documenting the Night: Survey Research at Lumina Light Festival 2017

In 2017, during the Lumina Light Festival in Cascais, I conducted a large-scale survey as part of my ethnographic research on light festivals and nighttime urban experiences. This work would later become a central component of my doctoral thesis in sociology. Recently, Ocubo, the artistic studio and main organizer of Lumina, produced a short video that documents theContinueContinue reading “Documenting the Night: Survey Research at Lumina Light Festival 2017”