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

[marc garrett]

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:
>
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> 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>
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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 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.
>
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