Megaphonebooth
A megaphonebooth is a public, coin-operated megaphone. Insert one euro, speak into the attached handset. Your voice is instantly amplified and projected into the local environment.
Megaphonebooth Kiasma-nurmi is available during June 2010 in central Helsinki. Check out the full press release for more info.
A megaphonebooth is a public, coin-operated megaphone. Insert one euro, speak into the attached handset. Your voice is instantly amplified and projected into the local environment. Megaphonebooth Kiasma-nurmi is available during June 2010 in central Helsinki. Check out the full press release for more info.
Why on Earth?
A Megaphonebooth presents unexpected opportunities but also raises questions about responsibility, control, and democracy. Who are allowed control of public space and to what price? What citizen expressions and actions are sanctioned and encouraged by city authorities? In what world would Megaphonebooths be part of the everyday urban infrastructure? What does it mean to buy a megaphone minute? What rights can you actually acquire?
A Small Hammer
The Megaphonebooth offers a platform from which people could speak their mind, loud and uncensored. Yet, when compared to the loudness, plentitude and persistence of other messages (commercial, cultural and political) that we are exposed to in our everyday lives, the mighty megaphone seems peculiarly powerless. The Megaphonebooth is a deliberately tragic solution meant to bring focus to an unbalance while feebly attempting to correct it.
Gallery
Megaphonebooth Helsinki is supported by Nordic Culture Point and Pixelache. The work is also part of Kiasma’s collections exhibition It’s a Set-up.
