txtual healing
Posted by AnneryanHeatwole on Apr 05, 2010
Many lament that mobile phones can isolate us from our immediate surroundings as we walk down the street texting friends and not paying attention. These three different projects are encouraging people to actively engage with what's around them - with and on their mobile phones. TXTual Healing, Amphibious Architecture and Pathways to Housing take regular text messages and turn them into an interactive experience.
Txtual Healing
In 2006, Paul Notzold showed the first presentation of TXTual Healing as his MFA thesis project for Parsons School of Design. The project consisted of speech bubbles projected onto the side of a building; viewers texted in messages to fill the speech bubbles. Since then, the project has been shown around the world, including France, Italy, Romania, the USA, the Netherlands and China.
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Posted by KatrinVerclas on Oct 27, 2008
I have long been a great fan of Paul Notzold, the ingenious SMS graffiti artist and inventor of Txtual Healing. He is embarking on a 10-night tour through key states in America, projecting interactive displays where bystanders can text in why they are voting for Obama. Paul is famous for his interactive and whimsical SMS displays.
He describes how it works: "The simple explanation is that it’s a cellphone paired to a mac using proprietary software, custom scripting and graphics, and then the results are displayed through a projector connected to the computer. The whole system is mobile and with the right projector/beamer, quite bright."
The tour will lead him through so-called battleground states that are contested for the presidential vote: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. If you are in any of the states, go visit with him and text in why you are voting for Obama!
Photo courtesy Paul Notzold, Textual Healing
