Live satellite link to the opening of a doorbell.
Getting people to create things collectively- and be happy with the result. Yesterday was just another day at the People Speak. I was asked to make a short speech for the opening of a doorbell at the V2 electronic arts centre in Rotterdam. The reason was that the doorbell had been commissioned as the result [...]
Poprowadz dyskusje przy okraglym stole Talkaoke!
Zapraszamy do udziału w warsztatach prowadzonych przez grupę The People Speak w Galerii Awangarda we Wrocławiu. Jeśli jesteś zainteresowana/y metodami prowadzenia dyskusji, chcesz dowiedzieć się jak poprowadzić talk show lub po prostu przyłączyć się do rozmowy wyslij maila do asia@thepeoplespeak.org.uk lub zadzwoń tel. +48 71 790 25 89 Bezpłatne warsztaty Talkaoke Data: 1, 2, 4 [...]
The productivity of play. Night of talk at the Fo:rem
The Fo:rem is a monthlyish event organised by the knowledge arm of Secret Productions, the people who brought you Secret Garden Party and a host of other festivals. It happens at Shoreditch House and every month there is a different theme. Last week’s theme was “play’ and speakers from many different fields presented including live [...]
Vocabulary: Talkaoke
We really enjoyed the blog that Phil Wade posted about Talkaoke on his English school’s blog. Talkaoke is the latest craze to sweep the nation. A modern twist on Karaoke but without the singing, it’s gaining fame in the trendy areas of London and abroad. It’s based on one simple rule which is that the [...]
Is this a five minute argument … or the full half hour?
Justin Sutcliffe the photographer took those excellent photographs from Talkaoke Session last month. He published a blog post of the event. You can read it on his blog or below. When the Independent on Sunday asked me to photograph a growing trend in socialised discussion this week called ’Talkaoke’ I confess that the images which immediately sprung to mind [...]
Talkaoke! The nights of the round table
Thanks to Sarah Morrison of the Independent on Sunday for writing a very nice news feature about Talkaoke. Sunday, 26 February 2012 Talkaoke! The nights of the round table A Slice of Britain: It’s a simple formula – just 10 people round the ‘flying saucer of chat’, debating whatever issues they choose. And it is taking the world by storm. [...]
Talkaoke- 15 years- going global
The 15th anniversary Talkaoke party was a great milestone. It was the first time two Talkaoke sessions were performed in the same space and, actually it worked rather well. There were faces there from the last 15 years; recent members, but also people who were there at the very first Talkaoke event. And there were [...]
Celebrating 15 Years of Talkaoke
Wow, what a great turn out for the 15th Anniversary of Talkaoke! Thank you to everyone who came out and helped out celebrate in grand fashion. We tried something new by conducting 2 Talkaoke Tables at the same time which worked out wonderfully … and amazing the world did not did end. Here are the [...]
R&D: Heckle
Here’s a short post about one of our tools for participation and conversation: the Heckle System from Saul, The People Speak’s researcher in residence. Heckle is the tool we use to create instant, shareable visualisations of conversations as they happen – you might have seen it in use if you’ve ever been to a Talkaoke, [...]
Need 2 Knowledge
In a project with Emerge and Artquest, The People Speak created an interactive session, partially based on a game show and a game of Snakes and Ladders that got together with a Monopoly board. The idea was to get artists and artists facilitators to exchange strategies, ideas, information and contacts in a fun way. As [...]
