[NetBehaviour] Reminder - ECOMEDIA OPEN DAY, with The MediaShed at Chalkwell Park, Saturday 27th Sept

[Richard]

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 27th September, 12pm – 4pm
Chalkwell Park,
Southend-on-Sea.

www.mediashed.org/ecomediaday


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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.

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Saturday 27th September, 12pm – 4pm
Chalkwell Park,
Chalkwell Avenue, Southend-on-Sea SS0 8NB
Nearest station: Chalkwell from London Fenchurch Street.

www.mediashed.org
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.


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