Syndicate: call for moderators "Speakers Corner"

[Arthur Bueno <abueno@v2.nl>]

Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2000 11:53:44 +0100
Subject: call for moderators "Speakers=?ISO-8859-1?B?uQ==?=
Corner"
From: "jaap dejonge" <dejonge@euronet.nl>




February/ March 2000  =B3Speakers=B9 Corner=B2, a permanent artwork, will
be launced in Huddersfield (UK)


A 15-metre-long text display has been attached to the front of the Kirklees
Media Centre in Huddersfield that consists of a constant stream of words.
News and views flash by along with poetry, political statements, talking
about the weather and obscure messages. Where do all these texts come from?


Most of them come from the Internet. People send their texts via the
Speakers' Corner website. This can take the form of commenting on a
particular discussion subject (which is a part of the site), reacting to
what other people have said or some arbitrary idea or rant.


Some texts are also provided by passers-by who use the microphone on the
street booth located across the junction opposite the text display.


There are also links to other Internet artworks that are based on text.
These links are activated when there is no input from the street or from
the Internet.


This veritable Tower of Babel is displayed across the front of the Media
Centre, and can also be seen and heard on the Speakers' Corner website. As
an artwork on the Internet, it makes each moment both visible and audible:
the bustle of data, miscommunication and the desire for contact. This is a
place where private and public merge.


Speakers' Corner is a permanent artwork by Jaap de Jonge. It was initiated
by Kirklees Media Centre (Huddersfield) in co-operation with Public Arts
and with the financial backing of the National Arts Lottery.



For the pilot of this project we are looking for people who want to join us
in contributing subjects in combination with a statement. These will be use=
d
as discussion items on the regulary changing website. You can opt for your
favourite hobbyhorse or send striking staments of others.
Important is that it will trigger users of the site to react. The subject i=
s
used as headline for the statement.



 To integrade into the website we have some limitations:

maximum number of carachters for the subjects: 11
maximum number of carachters for the statement : 200


You can send you subjects/ statements to: =B3subjects@montevideo.nl=B2
Please contact us for more information on the same adres.







Arthur Bueno
V2_Organisatie Rotterdam
Eendrachtsstraat 10
3012 XL Rotterdam
tel. 010.206.7272
url: www.v2.nl
fax. 010.206.7271


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