I get it! Railway stations are emergent phenomena of terpsichorean cultures.
Robert C
Pamela McCorduck wrote:
Another such video exists that took place at the Liverpool Street
station in London. But this one tells all about the rehearsals of the
principals, how it was set up, how the professionals worked to get
passersby involved. As I recall, the choreography wasn't nearly so
complicated, so passersby actually could join in. Or maybe the
English, contrary to stereotype, are less inhibited than the Belgians.
On Apr 8, 2009, at 1:57 PM, James Steiner wrote:
Scripted. People are not that inter-coordinated. At least, not until
we all get our hive-mind implants.
Also, they say at the very end of the video: PR stunt for Belgium
reality show.
Even so, if it wasn't a PR stunt, I would have guessed it was an
Improv Anywhere mission, a cross between
http://improveverywhere.com/2008/01/31/frozen-grand-central/
and
http://improveverywhere.com/2008/03/09/food-court-musical/
Amazing stuff.
And as Victoria says, the real emergent behavior is in the responses
of those for which the missions are performed.
~~James
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Douglas Roberts
<[email protected]> wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/04/08/ac.shot.tues.cnn
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