Listening Post

Mark Hansen (born 1964)

Science Museum

2001

The installation consists of over 200 small LED screens displaying text fragments from Internet chat rooms. The texts, which are constantly updated, are simultaneously read or sung by a voice synthesiser. The work provides an extraordinary indication of the power of networked communication technologies to connect people and express the views of individuals.

• Artists Include:
• Ben Rubin

• Medium: live data, electronic components, computer software, copper wire, aluminium & loudspeakers
• Dimensions: 384 x 629 x 89cm
• Art Fund Grant: £110000 ( Total: £136,534)
• ArtFunded in: 2007
• Vendor: Ben Rubin

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