Locative Media & The City

I consider the murmur project as a participatory art and process art involving the public through the use of cell phones. There was an interactive exchange of experiences as an open art form. The public participation becomes part of the work of art. The Murmur project succeeds in doing this by bringing into the discourse the public space. It succeeds as a Participatory art and a Locative media art by bringing in as a component the public in relation to a psycogeographical discussion of certain areas of Toronto. It involves the public as a participant in the art project (some selective some random) and that participation makes the art process expend over time.

Through the audio interview like a radio show on local history it explained cultural and social changes in the space. I was imagining those stories from different people by clinking their name. However, the audio Information of the people lacked any information about the person. I think it would be better if we knew a little about the person who is speaking like age and personal history.

Internet is a very fast moving medium. People click and move to another site quickly. Chris mentioned that the audio should be left as is but I think that because of the nature of the fast pace internet that they should be edited and presented in a more clearer and shortened form. Most people don't have patience when it comes to surfing the net. Yet, should we think about the interaction of the internet public or should we just be interested in presenting the project as is?

Over all I like the project because of its ability to combine the community and its history of space and the participatory oral history of the public and the human lives connect to psychogeography.