More than 3000 people downloaded an MP3 file, loaded it onto their players without listening to it, and simultaneously pressed play while in retail stores throughout midtown Manhattan.
Participants had gathered, unbeknownst to them, to celebrate the birthday of Steve, the Omnipotent Voice From Above, who was waiting for them in Bryant Park. Over the course of the evening, participants:
- slow danced with merchandise
- tidied up store displays
- invented silly walks
- followed unsuspecting pedestrians in single file lines
- created an enormous collaborative poem
- collectively drew world maps one continent at a time
- sketched portraits of strangers
- exchanged gifts with new friends
- wrapped each other up in toilet paper for a mummy dance party
Further reading: full write-up from Improv Everywhere
Audio
MP3 Experiment Seven
Credits
Creators
Music
Brainstorm Committee
Editor
Videographers
Still Photographers