"Unprotected Text". Text Message as Theater

Soemthing I missed dating back to last March and just found by chance on About Theater while searching for something else.

"Text message was part of a theatrical performance. By sending text messages to 143text@gmail.com and Unprotected Text analzyed your text messages and then performed them on YouTube for everyone to enjoy.

Many text messages should have make it into their live performances all over NYC in April."

"Unprotected Text is an Episodic Textual Adventure and sociological study exploring the integration of social interfaces with our daily lives. A research period will culminate in a series of performative public interventions, reclaiming the isolation that is a by-product of advanced virtual communication practices. Unprotected Text is a response to how text messaging affects our relationships and the way we communicate with each other. This project will provide a new way to interact with texts by unplugging the isolation of cell phone use, connecting audiences to temporal data, and by contributing to the reclamation and celebration of real-time community."

Watch Unprotected Text on YouTube.

emily | 3:22 PM | SMS and the Arts |
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