Media Ecology Experiment
Aim: to alter the communication patterns of the buses media ecology by means of the way passengers employ their mobile phones
Apparatus:
‘Mobile Manners’ Posters
Video Recording Device
Dictaphone
Bus seating plan for notation purposes
Methodology
Encourage passengers to use their phones to communicate simple orders to one another by using the most common noises on their mobile phone. Posters [...]
As a supplement to our aimless walk I’ve decided to include the Instamapper log of our trip, and also the Google map we created out of our journey via this log
Utilising the iPhone as a means of documenting our journey was an afterthought of ours, and as I wasn’t certain whether it would work I [...]
**This blog was written in collaboration with the group**
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Graham initially cautioned against our idea in favour of the Oyster Card, as the Oyster Card provided a window onto the society of control. Upon reflection he was right, as our chosen means of getting aimless did not afford a viewpoint to how informational systems block access to some worlds. We were fortunate that the [...]
** This blog was written in collaboration with the group ** (http://wordpress.imiant.org.uk/renee/2009/10/20/love-on-the-line-a-structured-aimless-walk/)
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