# Mobile outskirts workshop

> Notes from the 2004 Mobile Outskirts workshop in Lofoten, a 15-hour bus ride from Trondheim to the islands with a bus full of GPS receivers and cameras.

- Page: https://www.elasticspace.com/2004/06/mobile-outskirts/
- Author: Timo Arnall (https://www.elasticspace.com/)
- Section: Notes (https://www.elasticspace.com/notes/)
- Published: 2004-06-20
- Updated: 2026-07-04
- Tags: Art, Conference, GPS, Locative Media, Mapping, Media, Mobility, Place, Technology, Travel
- Site map for agents: https://www.elasticspace.com/llms.txt

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A bus full of GPS receivers, cameras and [impromptu artworks](https://web.archive.org/web/20040805145742/http://www.boutiquevizique.com:80/analoGps/) drove fifteen hours from Trondheim up to the islands of Lofoten. The workshop [wiki](https://web.archive.org/web/20040808041328/http://locative.rixc.lv:80/tcm/workshops/index.cgi?Location_Norway) and [media archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20040717172122/http://aware.uiah.fi:80/packet/?id=TCM) are being kept updated via fairly limited wireless coverage.

*A short dispatch from the Mobile Outskirts workshop in Lofoten, June 2004, part of the [Trans-cultural Mapping workshop series](https://www.elasticspace.com/2004/05/transcultural-mapping/). A painless and creative bus drive up the Norwegian coast.*