hopes/dreams/fears

This is another new media project I'm involved with. Inny described it so perfectly, I'm using her blog post....

@Platea are launching Project III: hopes/dreams/fears. This time is it not a performance in the way that Co-Modify was, more of a participatory art project. There isn't the sustained performance aspect this time, cos we know you're busy people! You can take part once, or many times. It's entirely up to you.

An Xiao and the @Platea steering committee will be collecting people's hopes, dreams, and fears in the form of status updates. We'll be doing it in real life at gatherings of people (from festivals to dinner parties) and also online in forum groups. The status updates will appear during July on a special facebook page, so you can see the hopes, dreams, and fears of people all round the world.

If you'd like to take part, all you have to do is:

1. Fill out the form here (you can do this anonymously or using a pseudonym if you would prefer).

2. Join the hopes/dreams/fears Facebook group.

3. Wait to see yours and others' hopes, dreams, and fears broadcast over the next month and a half in your Facebook feed.

"hopes/dreams/fears" begins in New York City on June 12 during the FIGMENT NYC arts festival on Governor's Island and it runs till the end of July with participants across the world. Members of online public art collective @Platea are gathering individuals' hopes, dreams, and fears in the form of status update language (i.e., "Jessica hopes that she graduates with honors next year." "Red fears he might lose his job due to the recession."). These will then be broadcast to a broader audience via a Facebook page, with the goal of uniting diverse groups via social media and offering a collective picture of communities' hopes, dreams and fears during this time of economic crisis and transition.

There's lots more about @Platea if you visit http://plateastweets.blogspot.com