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The installation consists of over 200 small LED screens displaying text fragments from Internet chat rooms.
Listening Post by Mark Hansen, 2001
© Mark Hansen and Ben Rubin, all rights reserved
Details
- Medium:
- Live data, electronic components, computer software, copper wire, aluminium & loudspeakers Dimensions: 384 x 629 x 89cm
- Art Fund grant:
- £110,000 ( Total: £136,534)
- Acquired in:
- 2007
- Vendor:
- Ben Rubin
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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