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Helping Strangers Participate through Instructions: Deconstructing the MP3 Experiment

Museum 2.0

I’ve long admired Improv Everywhere , the NYC-based participatory public art group. In this way, the MP3 experiment is an example of the ways that technological barriers can become benefits by mediating otherwise uncomfortable interactions. The recording starts with two and a half minutes of music without talking.