Occupy Karaoke
Multimedia installation, 2013
The human microphone circumvents the prohibition of right of assembly at demonstrations at which sound amplification technology has been banned, such as Occupy Wall Street. Protesters repeat the words of the speakers, sentence by sentence. In this way, they amplify the message with their own voices, for the benefit of those further away.
Anna Bromley has converted original audio recordings from Occupy Wall Street speeches into scrolling-text karaoke videos. At the lectern, visitors select a protest speech prepared in this way and speak the karaoke text. The Occupy Wall Street chorus then repeats back their sentences, audible from the hanging loudspeaker.
Multimedia installation, 2013
The human microphone circumvents the prohibition of right of assembly at demonstrations at which sound amplification technology has been banned, such as Occupy Wall Street. Protesters repeat the words of the speakers, sentence by sentence. In this way, they amplify the message with their own voices, for the benefit of those further away.
Anna Bromley has converted original audio recordings from Occupy Wall Street speeches into scrolling-text karaoke videos. At the lectern, visitors select a protest speech prepared in this way and speak the karaoke text. The Occupy Wall Street chorus then repeats back their sentences, audible from the hanging loudspeaker.
