Text to Screen (Txt2Screen) applications have been around for a while. MESSAGEbuzz has an add-on text to screen module for our core Spearhead messaging portal application.
It has been used in Bars and Clubs. Response was good, but filtering was a nightmare. People tend to text in statements that I would not dare to repeat in front of my parents.
However, some people see it differently.
Concordia professor Jason Lewis views text messaging as art. “We wanted to explore ways that cell phones and PDAs could be used as venues for creative expression, entertainment and interactivity.”, Lewis said.
Lewis, an assistant professor in Design and Computation Arts and the Graduate Certificate Program Director, presented his latest project to a packed auditorium in the final installment of this year’s Defiant Imagination lecture series at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts on March 22, 2006.
His exhibition invites you to send text messages to giant projection and LCD screens around the world that normally are reserved for commercial interests. The text is processed using visualization software and a stream of interactive moving text is created. The result is art.
I believe that text to screen can be a great addition to any bar, club or conference venue.... but please review the messages before you put them on a screen.
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