This is just typical... This is happening while we are in Sheffield on a residency. I hope it goes well...
Is there going to be another one of these events in the future... marc > As part of Metal's Village Green event, MediaShed members present: > > > THE ECOMEDIA OPEN DAY > > an afternoon of talking with and through nature … > > Featuring: > The Internet vs. Pigeons Race (with the Leigh Pigeon Club) > Human Telephone Lines > A Requiem for Cod > Plus an Olympics of lobbing, shouting and whistling. > > Saturday 27^th September, 12pm – 4pm > Chalkwell Park, > Southend-on-Sea. > > www.mediashed.org/ecomediaday <http://www.mediashed.org/ecomediaday> > > / > / > //--------------------------------------------------------------------------// > > > An afternoon of fun experiments to see how we can combine “natural > media” with “man made media”. We will be linking together ecology, > human bodies and other gadgets to devise ingenious methods of > communication inspired by natures own systems of signals, warnings and > imprints. Taking inspiration from early media like shouting, carrier > pigeons, throwing and the message-in-a-bottle, we will try to turn the > ecology of Chalkwell Park into a living switchboard! > > Featuring: > > THE GREAT INTERNET VS. PIGEONS RACE > With Derek Shaw from SoSLUG in collaboration with the Leigh Pigeon > Club. We will be releasing pigeons throughout the afternoon and timing > their flight home against the speed of an internet message sent to the > same “address”. The person who picks the fastest bird every hour will > win a prize. Including demonstration of a wartime message carrier. > > THE HUMAN TELEPHONE LINE > In a recreation of an early experiment by Alexander Graham Bell, we > will show how you can make a phone call through a chain of human bodies! > > "A REQUIEM FOR COD" with Dr Matthew Fuller > Short Film. A 1971 sound recording of cod breeding is played under > water to young codlings as they enter the Thames Estuary. > > THE NATURAL MEDIA OLYMPICS > As part of the Cultural Olympiad we are organising 3 track events to > find out which “natural” form of media can transmit messages the furthest: > > Shouting: > How far can you shout a message and still be understood? > > Lobbing: > Can you throw a message further then you can shout? > > Whistling: > Inspired by “El Silbo”, the official whistling language of the Canary > Islands which can carry for 3km. We will test to see who can whistle > the furthest. > > /-----------------------------------------------------------------------/ > > Saturday 27^th September, 12pm – 4pm > Chalkwell Park, > Chalkwell Avenue, Southend-on-Sea SS0 8NB > Nearest station: Chalkwell from London Fenchurch Street. > > www.mediashed.org <http://www.mediashed.org/> > www.metalculture.com <http://www.metalculture.com/> > > Organised by MediaShed members Graham Harwood, Tony Shaper, Derek > Shaw, Richard Wright, Matsuko Yokokoji with gratitude for the support > of MediaShed & SoSLUG members, family and friends. > Supported by a grant from Bright Sparks to Harwood, Wright, Yokokoji. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
