Author: daniel Jolliffe Country: US Field:
Beyond
Category: postgraduate Year: 2005
Award: winner Description of idea: What would you say, given a free minute of
anonymous, uncensored speech? One Free Minute is a mobile sculpture
designed to allow for instances of anonymous free speech. Callers to
the cell phone inside One Free Minute hear a brief explanatory message
and are then connected to its 200-watt speaker system. The speech
produced by the system can be heard within about 150 feet of the
sculpture. Visitors to www.onefreeminute.net can also leave speeches,
in the form of MP3’s, emails and voicemails, which are saved and
broadcast at future performances. One Free Minute uses the same
electronic and networked technologies that have diminished our notion
of public space to reclaim community, free speech, public discourse and
interaction. One Free Minute has applications both as an exploration of
free speech and as a screen of anonymity for activists. SOURCE: http://www.memefest.org/2008/en/index.php?meme=memetv&id=12#menu
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It is your job to Observe, Orient, Decide and Act for YOURSELFand repeat as if it is necessary. Some call this process life-long learning in search of wisdom.
