A day without the mobile-phone

“A day without the mobile-phone” is an installation presented by by by Eve Arpo and Riin Kranna-Rõõs from Estonia at Plektrum, the Festival of Visual Sound in Estonia - September 12th-16th.

It's set in public space that is made up of one hundred cell-phones collected from the people in the city. The phones are hanged on a tree next to St. John’s church (Jaani kirik) where they create a light- and sound-installation.

To participate in creating the installation you may give your cell-phone to be hanged on the tree and you may call your friends who have done the same. It is also possible to call public mobile-phone numbers that have been opened specially for the installation.

“A day without the mobile-phone” does not take a black-and-white stance on blaming the mobile-phone addiction – instead it attempts to create a discussion. The installation may lead to the conclusion that we use our phones too much, or it may prove that mobile-phones add an important value to our lives.

The public mobile-phone numbers that you can call to participate in this project are:

(+372) 58 298 339
(+372) 58 298 409
(+372) 58 298 442
(+372) 58 298 456
(+372) 58 298 466
(+372) 58 298 467
(+372) 58 298 472
(+372) 58 013 296
(+372) 58 031 074
(+372) 55 979 041

Will post pictures as soon as they are available.

emily | 5:51 PM | SMS and the Arts |
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