Signs of life in urban habitats.

Media creatures. Data entities. Ludic lifeforms.

Urban organisms and crossmedia species.

A crossmedia ecology in a city consists of ecologies linked by portals through which creatures traverse its space. Through its networks of mixed realities, these diverse creatures – agents, avatars and alife – travel bringing the city to life. They activate the ecology through play.

Find these creatures around the city. They will be resting in nooks and crannies, in doorways and on windowsills, all around the city. Look for microhabitats and signs of life. The Crossmedia Ecologist is tagging as many of these sites as possible in a study of urban organisms and media creatures in the City of Melbourne. Up to 64 IDEOTAGs are now out there… gotta catch ’em all!

The city is home to a diverse range of lifeforms. Some of them are invisible, transient or hiding in the shadows. Others speak their own language, communicating in their own codes. Many are cultivated by humans whilst others emerge spontaneously given the right resources and conditions – often living off the waste of other systems. As part of her study, the Crossmedia Ecologist seeks to tag these organisms, creatures and entities hoping to someday create a comprehensive index of urban life.