Exploring "Internet is Public Space"

The Internet is Public Idea is exploring the idea that our public spaces are now on the internet and showing this by taking the internet public space and putting it in physical - more traditional - public spaces.  The idea is to get people thinking about how we are still a very social species but the way that we socalise has now changed.

The idea can be taken in an additional direction by having two locations set up and what people write on one location appears at the other.  If the sites are in the same park a person might write something at one location and then go to the other and find their post on that wall then it might get people thinking about just how social and public that the internet really is.  How you think that you are just putting something up in once space, but then it also appears somewhere else.  Doing this will add an additional aspect to the thesis and might distract from the original point, or add to it.

This idea is appealling because of the feasibility.  The materials are simple - pens, paper, instructional posters, and maybe post-its.  The main concern for this project is going to be selecting the right space.  There needs to be a lot of people walking by, but they need to have the time to stop and explore the installation.  A site like South Bank would probably be the best place to install this installation - lots of people who aren't in much of a hurry.