© Mark Hansen and Ben Rubin, all rights reserved
Listening Post
Artist: Mark Hansen (born 1964), Ben Rubin
Location: Science Museum
Date: 2001
Materials: live data, electronic components, computer software, copper wire, aluminium & loudspeakers
Dimensions: 450 x 700 x 100cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £110,000 (Total: £136,534)
Vendor: Ben Rubin
Review number: 5941 (2007)
Provenance:
The artists.
Description:
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.
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