Andrew Shoben from Greyworld had all 32 of us in his little studio. He had a desk lamp that was enlarged like 20x in his living room as a real lamp, very cool.
What they do:
Greyworld does sound based urban installations that are quick and easy to understand. There are about 4 of them that work together. They have a carpeted bridge that as you walk over it, it plays different sounds. They tuned pipes to play a certain song when you ran a stick along it, like a child does running past a park fence. They designed a tail and walked around town filming different things that Andrew did, they also believe that everyone will want a tail or should have a tail. In bus stops they have a lady that speaks to you that is obsessed with color. They did the design for the London Stock Exchange with balls that moved up and down on string to spell out different things, they got alot of business for building atriums, but they wanted to do stuff in the urban setting that could be seen publicly. Had an idea to to use the idea of a magic trick to have flowers pop out as you walked along a wall, errupting and disappearing. There is a world bench network where there is half a bench with the other half projected where you can talk to someone else in the world sitting on the otherside of the bench. They are creating a statue for outside the V&A that is standing in a position and then mimics other people as they walk by.
It was really cool to hear Andrew talk about his projects and ideas so endlessly. Hes just constantly thinking of cool ideas and will actually figure out a way to do them. He has gotten to a point that he can think of an idea and then propose it if they want or someone can come to them and he can do whatever he wants. The entire time we were there he was spitting out ideas that were coming into his head. I think some of the best advice we have gotten yet was when he said that editting an idea before it comes out of your mouth is the saddest thing ever. There are always so many fantastic ideas lost because of your own censorship. How ever many ideas you have just let them keep coming and dont say good or bad. Andrew had the best energy, moving about when he talks, being totally enthusiastic about what he does... he seems like such a great person to work with or even just have conversation or a good time.
It's really funny cause this was probably my favorite visit and it was definitely one of those days when I was dreading the second visit of the day because I was so tired, didn't expect much at all, and it proved to be such a great experience (which is what always happens when you feel that way).
"Anything written in Latin sounds clever"
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