VR/Urban – SMSlingshot

October 24, 2012 10:34 am

10th november – 9PM/12PM – LOCATON: ex M.O.I. via Giordano Bruno 181, Torino

The concept behind VR/Urban’s work is to claim back urban space and give locals a tool for occupying urban screens. People cannot remain merely a passive audience; they have the right to create, and to obtain the tools to create, their own multimedia content in the streets.
SMSlingshot is an autonomous working device equipped with an ultra-high frequency radio, hacked Arduino board, laser and batteries. Text messages can be typed on a phone-sized wooden keypad which is integrated into the wooden slingshot. Once the message is finished, the user can take aim at a media facade and send/shoot the message straight to the targeted point. It will then appear as a coloured splash with the written words. The text message will also be real-time twittered—just in case.

http://vrurban.org/smslingshot.html

free entry