Mobile Agressive

The other day on the bus, in Helsinki...

There was this guy protected with heavy duty ear protection and armed with an old skool cassette player. He proceeded to wage a 20 minute war against the passengers speaking on their mobiles - so almost non-stop this being the Nokia home town. Every time somebody picked up a call or made one (his ear protection clearly wasn’t working), he played his mix tape on fast forward (you know the Mickey mouseish sound), pointing the player at the perpetrator. It made for fascinating viewing…and to be fair, no more disturbing than your average bus passenger yelling to his/her mobile and far more entertaining. I guess he had a point. The Unknown Soldier of a lost battle.

I tried to film this exchange, but he did not react well and the show had to go on. But when we left the bus, a Finnish mobile provider framed him with a massive AD. The slogan says ” Stay in talking terms”.

Project03 Brief

Sam's speech at Ars Electronica 2006

Sam's speech at simplicity symposium in Ars Electronica 2006 "Simplicity".

http://www.aec.at/podcasts/files/FE_20060901_02_hec_E.mp3

A Stroll with Richard.

"The artist Richard Wentworth is famous for his acute ability at reflecting back to us the very things that we do, yet cannot see. He has made a carrer out of breathtaking observations of life. Richard has kindly invited us to join him on a walk through Colindale. On this occasion we will be given the fantastic oppotunity to see him see what others cannot see."

We had great occasion to have a stroll with Richard Wentworth today , Richard introduced us a lot of points of view which provoke our creativity.

Some pictures from Sam and I added my photos as well.