Megaphone

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An outdoor, interactive, urban art installation featuring a microphone connected to a large red megaphone. Nightly, Montrealers speak and their speeches are amplified and turned into video projections and other responsive visual effects on the façade of a nearby building. 

Production Credits

Created by: Moment Factory 
Directed by: Étienne Paquette 
Voice recognition system by: Computer Research Institute of Montreal (CRIM)
Presented by: Quartier des Spectacles Montreal and National Film Board of Canada

Production History

Quartier des Spectacles: Montreal, QC 4 September - 4 November 2013

Photo source: momentfactory.com

More on megaphone

Read more in PLAY: Dramaturgies of Participation: ​MAD LIBS, JUICINESS

Vidéo de démonstration- Mégaphone - Demonstration Video from National Film Board of Canada on Vimeo.

Press

 “By enhancing individual citizen voices, Megaphone demonstrated their importance and uniqueness” -Le Devoir

Awards

Winner of the Boomerang Prize for Technological Creativity 2013 
Winner of the Boomerang Grand Prize for Interactive Environments 2013 ​