Art & Social Networking

‘Kazoo Off!’
Date:
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Time:
2:00pm – 2:10pm
Location:
European Christmas Market, Albert Square, Manchester UK

Kazoo Off!

Above link to Karen Shannon’s Qik profile.

Kazoo Off was an experimental piece of work that explored the use of social networking platforms, live performance, mobile phone technology and live broadcasting to promote and get people to participant in a live flash mob event in the centre of Manchester.It invited people to take part in a festive Kazoo Off in the Christmas market. The idea being to create a spectacle in a public space, meet new people, and to encourage people to think about the real meaning of Christmas, festive consumerism in a time of recession, and the issues being tackled in the climate change conference in the Copenhagen 2009.

Information that went out on social networking sites:

You are invited to take part in an unique flash mob event, let us all get together to sing ‘We Wish you a Merry Christmas’ after Manchester town hall clock has struck 2pm on Saturday 5th December.

Dress up, make a scene, cause a stir, stop where you are, get out your Kazoo, triangle or voice and give it all you’re got, (lyrics below) then stop and disperse.

Stop the shop, amaze the crowds.

Then let us take a moment to think about the real meaning of the festive season over a sausage or a warm cup of Glühwein.

Support independent trade this Christmas, stay away from homogeneous gift buying – think different – think the planet – think art – think

If you can’t be there will be doing some live streaming so watch live on

http://tillyflint.wordpress.com/art-social-networking/

We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin;
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer
We won’t go until we get some;
We won’t go until we get some;
We won’t go until we get some, so bring some out here

We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

“We Wish You a Merry Christmas” is a popular secular sixteenth-century English carol from the West Country of England. The origin of this Christmas carol lies in the English tradition where wealthy people of the community gave Christmas treats to the carolers on Christmas eve such as ‘figgy puddings’ that were very much like modern day Christmas Puddings. It is one of the few traditional holiday carols that makes mention of the New Year celebration. The song is often parodied.

Video of event

Link to Paul Sermon’s Qik site – live broadcast of the event.

http://qik.com/video/3800892

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