This event has recently been adjusted to an open submission as opposed to a technology-based commission.
The People Speak, Who Wants to be…?
When: Friday 23rd October 2009, 7pm til late.
Where: Cinema 1, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
How much: £10 per ticket – book online at http://www.chapter.org/17069.html
Who Wants to Be…? is a dangerously spontaneous, democratic cinema experience where the audience makes up the questions, conjures up the answers, and even sets the rules!
People propose ideas, discuss, and then vote on how to spend the entire evenings box-office takings: Donate it? Gamble it? Invest it The audience decides!
Marvel as people's wildest ideas materialise instantly on the cinema screen; wait with baited breath as the votes come in live. And if you don't like the game, you can vote to change the rules. Previous audiences have come close to sacking the host and putting the money behind the bar. But whatever the outcome - your terms and conditions apply.
Tickets: cost £10 per person and should be booked in advance through Chapter's online ticketing system: http://www.chapter.org/17069.html
Who Wants to Be…? is inspired by the 'ask the audience' feature of the popular TV game show. In asking the audience to set the questions, provide the answers and decide what the rules are, Who Wants to Be? gives people an insight into the possibilities of their collective imagination.
One previous Who Wants to Be…? audience, decided to collectively purchase and own woodland in Wales. Another voted to commission a 'democracy bench' for a London park, narrowly beating the second favourite idea: to make a Guinness Book Of World Records attempt for baking the world's biggest crumpet.
At Who Wants to Be…? anything can happen, and it probably will!
The People Speak: Biography
The People Speak are a London based art collective which create projects that enable mass creativity and places emphasis on face-to-face communication and audience participation.
Their work prototypes new forms of civic interaction, creating forums for people to surprise and delight each other by generating ideas, having discussions and making decisions together in a fun and engaging way.
Recently The People Speak have been working with Islington Council to help young people to decide how to spend £450,000, and are currently working on a commission for the Craylands Estate in Basildon. Their next International event will be as part of the official programe of the COP15 Climate Summit in Copenhagen, where they will be running a pyramid scheme to save the planet. More information is available at: http://theps.net/
Tags: art, commission, Creative, diy, festival, game, knowledge, performance, workshop
