Listening Post (2002)
Autonomous installation by Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen.
Listening Post is a piece that listens to a number of online chat forums in real time. It extracts lines (those that contain the words “I am…”) and then displays these at the small displays, and reads the lines out using text-to-speech software.
While this sounds simple enough, it really is very nicely done. You should have a look at the page below and watch the videos to get the idea. This piece won the Ars Electronica Golden Nica for interactive art in 2004.
Further Reading:
- Listening Post (with videos) at Earstudio.com (Ben Rubin’s site)
- Mark Hansen homepage
Structured tagging: autonomous, installation
Tags: 2000s, 2002, autonomous, Ben Rubin, installation, Listening Post, Mark Hansen, text-to-speech