ChittahChattah Quickies
August 18th, 2009
- Reading in public, worldwide – A set of photos, on Flickr
- The Reading In Public chair – A specially-designed chair for the public performance. If the chair is available, will it influence behavior?
- Reading In Public – Reading In Public (RIP!) was formed to celebrate the written word by way of community performance in public spaces. The project began as a response to the shifting landscape in publishing, and the realization that more and more of us are writing in public, as bloggers and tweeters, for instance. Similarly, we sought to broadcast words in public, through the simple act of contemplative reading on a noisy street corner, or as performance, with readers directly engaging onlookers.
On Saturday, August 1st, beginning at 10am, we wheeled the Reading Chair to various downtown locations in San Luis Obispo, California, where assigned readers took turns sitting and reading. Our readers were people of all ages and walks of life who shared a passion not only for words, but for story telling. They chose their own reading materials and crafted their own performances.
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activity, art, books, chair, culture, design, global, intervention, performance, photography, project, public, reading, reading ahead, statement