December 15, 2003
Helloworld receives 38'000 messages from all over the world
HELLOWORLD Project came to a close in the early hours of Saturday, as the last messages flashed across the mountain Morro dois Irmaos in Rio de Janeiro, and the UN Headquarters building in New York.
On average, around 2'500 messages were projected in each city over the course of the four days. Messages sent via the internet by far outweighed those sent by SMS: 5% of all messages were entered by SMS.
The call for peace was an over-riding theme which ran like a thread through the entire four days, along with reflective and philosophical messages.
Overtly political statements were particularly prominent in Rio de Janeiro, with Brazilians giving voice to their concerns about poverty, exploitation, corruption and violence in their country and the world at large. Personal messages were freely entered: declarations of love, marriage proposals, Christmas and New Year wishes to friends and family, countries and continents, while in Rio de Janeiro, Jesus always came out tops.
The messages are all archived indefinitely on the website HELLOWORLD Project website.
Previous articles on HelloWorld Project:
- HELLOWORLD Project, December 9, 2003
- HELLOWORLD Project - November 11, 2003
- The 2003 HelloWorld Project and the 2001 HelloMrPresident project at Davos, September 7, 2003
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