http://www.earstudio.com/projects/listeningpost.html?=listening_video.html
Listening post is a project that takes fragments of text from internet chatrooms, and then "read" by a computer. This is played as and over music, and creates a symphony of sorts of anonymous people from all over the world.
This piece of art is interactive, not in that people explicitly have control over aspects of it, but in that the words are dependent upon someone using a chatroom. The speech of internet users and its use in Listening Post is described by one of the creators as being like wind and a wind chime. I really like the piece, but wonder about privacy, or in a hypothetical situation that someone admits to a crime and it is "overheard" by listening post, would it be admissible in court, or for a warrant?
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