"transumers are hyper-consumers driven by experiences. the fixed is replaced by an obsession with the here and now, an ever-shorter satisfaction span, and a lust to collect as many experiences as possible."
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transumer
pvi collective
transumer is a site specific intervention which encourages audiences to clandestinely take over their city in preparation for an anti-consumerist uprising. Armed with a customized Iphone programmed with cutting edge augmented reality software, participants are invited to roam The Rocks in Sydney, plot the end of their metroplois and create invisible tags revealing strategies for a modern day insurrection.
transumer was developed in collaboration with Sohan Ariel Hayes and HIT Lab NZ and produced by Performing Lines WA. This project was assisted by the Australia Council for the Arts, Gordon Darling Foundation, the State Government of Western Australia through the Department of Culture and Arts, and the West Australian Theatre Development Initiative.
Details
12 May - 1 Aug 2010The Rocks, Circular Quay, Sydney
transumer is a free interactive work. Collect a mobile Iphone from the front desk in the foyer of the Museum of Contemporary Art (Circular Quay entrance) to take part.
About pvi collective
www.pvicollective.com