November 20, 2003
Youth 'mobile' art initiative
A project aims to tap into teenagers' enthusiasm for texting by offering them the chance to work with media professionals on an art project using mobile phone technology, according to the BBC.
"BBC Northern Ireland and Media Lab Europe are to hold a series of workshops with young people in Kilkeel as part of the initiative, known as C-TEXT.
The teenagers will photograph scenes around the County Down town, working under the theme "A Day in my Life". (In all fairness, the article does not specify if camera phones are used - I'm only supposing this is the case as the experience is centered around mobile phone technology)
The pictures will then be projected on a screen in the town square on 29 November in an interactive exhibition. The audience will be able to send mobile text messages, which will also be broadcast on the screen within 20 seconds.
On a related note, an experimental moblogging project, started January 24, consisting of people located in different parts of the globe, mobloged during 24 hours, and published all the posts on a single page. Three projects are already online, a href="http://www.media-diary.net/spring_in_asia/000007.html">Spring in Asia and Daily Helsinki and 24. cf 24 Hours of moblogging.
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