[spectre] Hidden Histories, Southampton, UK

[Armin Medosch]

From: March 14th Southampton, UK

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Launch event:
Friday 14th of March, 11am - open ended, Fountain Cafe, Southampton
Civic Centre Gallery Cafe.
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The Solent Centre for Architecture + Design, in partnership with London
based media art innovators Hive Networks and artist Armin Medosch, have
been working with Southampton City Council's Oral History Unit on Hidden
Histories, a unique project that turns the city itself into a giant
outdoor gallery.

Hidden Histories makes accessible some of the highs and lows of
Southampton's 20th Century history, the glory of great ships and
journeys as well as the disasters and long forgotten tales.

Hidden Histories will uncover those treasures through a revolutionary
new concept of Street Radio.
This is a totally new way of experiencing the city. The system utilises
wireless communication technologies such as WIFI and Bluetooth in
combination with FM radio to create a public interface to the city's
heritage. A selection of stories from the Oral History Unit will be
broadcast from 10 nodal points linked together to form a media rich walk
that transports people through the changing life of the city. Following
the success of the pilot scheme it is hoped that the project can be
extended further not only in Southampton but to other towns and cities
as well.

The walk begins in and around the proposed 'Cultural Quarter' on Above
Bar Street and the Civic Centre complex. You can experience the walk 24
hours a day, 7 days a week through any FM radio receiver or mobile phone
with radio capacity.


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Route maps and radio units can be hired from Southampton's Tourist
Information Centre from Monday 17th March. A limited number of or radios
will be available for borrowing. Please bring a portable radio or an FM
enabled mobile phone.


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More information can be found at www.hiddenhistories.org.uk

Read more research notes by Armin Medosch :
http://www.thenextlayer.org/node/332

Find out more about HiveNetworks http://www.hivenetworks.net

Press contact: Rosie Danby 023 8028 3053 rosie at solentcentre.org.uk

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The Solent Centre for Architecture and Design, 30a High Street,
Lyndhurst Hampshire SO43 7BG


Hidden Histories is funded through an investment made by Southampton
Partnership, using SEEDA funding.
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