STREET CORNERS IN ROXBURY AND BROOKLINE VIRTUALLY CONNECTED

Public Art Project Allows Residents of Coolidge Corner and Dudley Square
Two Weeks of Real-Time, 24/7 Interaction. Virtual Street Corners is a digital media public art project by John Ewing, assisted by Minotte Romulus with design by Matey Odonkor. It is being presented in collaboration with the Roxbury Film Festival.

June 12 - June 21, 2008, with "opening" on June 18, 4-7pm at Stash's Grille, 150 Dudley St. Roxbury and Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Ave, Brookline

Beginning June 12, the storefronts of Brookline Booksmith in Coolidge Corner, Brookline and Stash's Grille in Dudley Square, Roxbury will be transformed into large video screens, providing pedestrians of each neighborhood with a portal into one another's worlds. Running 24/7, life-size screen images and AV technology will enable real-time chat between residents of the two neighborhoods. Though only 2.4 miles apart and connected, [click to continue reading...]

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For more information or to schedule an interview, contact John Ewing 857-719-4877, www.virtualcorners.net or www.johnewing.org