SPEAKERS ARENA

A public sound sculpture that allows people (locally and worldwide) to express themselves both live (on the spot) or via modern media. The sculpture is created site-specifically, it can be free-standing or integrated into local structures/buildings/ topographies: it is created in cooperation with local cultural agencies. Structurally the sculpture is constructed from e-waste and a collage of second hand radios and loudspeakers (all connected). At the heart of this sound sculpture is an amplification system that allows the participants to communicate via a number of ways: — connect a microphone and talk through it — connect an MP3 player or another instruments and play music directly through it. — call either one of two available telephone numbers to express themselves for 3 minutes locally or from anywhere in the world. — relay songs and messages to the sculpture via Bluetooth. — via “audio twitter” ( #speakerssculpture) their messages are made hearable. — other Social Media sources (Clubhouse, Instagram...) are integrated as participatory sound input sources. — via a Streaming video system callers can see the sculpture and react to the public sponanteouslyPossibilities: Live dialogues can occur between people online (digital) and people on site (analog). Participant groups or individuals can call on two seperate telephone numbers and talk simultaneously through the sculpture. Actors can react to public. The public (on site and around the world) can react to the actors. Scenes can occur on site and be streamed live throughout the world. Musician groups from different cities jam together Anything can happen: a media cacophonie or an orchestrated theatre piece. The sculpture's MAIN PURPOSE is to allow neighbourhood residents, artists, musicians, actors, theatre ensembles, choral groups, passersby to use the sculpture as a “Speakers Corner“, interact with it and communicate with each other.