what is this all about?
project1979 is a transmedia-fueled performance which aims at creating an experience examining the 30-something generation: who we are, who we were, why we do what we do and how we shine. Since October 2011 I have been collecting stories, status updates, emails and responses to the blog. The result is a one hour long performance whose content has been created and will continue to change according to the input of the followers of project1979. It’s modern Vaudeville meets improv in an interactive show: movement, music, monologues with audience games interspersed with real accounts of past and present lives of people who have been interviewed in the past months.
People worldwide can access the show through Google hangouts and there will be a live feed to Facebook and Twitter that will allow people the audience (actual and global) to comment and ask questions at certain portions of the show. There will be a slideshow of photos that have been collected in the last six months as the show culminates in a dance party that invites all to participate (of course)!
The aim of the performance is to tell the collective story of our lives in a fun, inclusive and dynamic manner. It highlights how members of the 30-something generation we are different and what we share through nostalgia. By telling the stories of ordinary people’s lives and laughing at the quirks of our pop culture, project1979 hopes to focus on the good and connect Generation X and Yers to a legacy that they can be proud of.
My first experience with a cell phone was back in high school, when I was the study hall TA (haha – pretty ludicrous in itself). This “teacher” I assisted had a cell phone on her desk that she was very showboaty about answering. It had a looong antennae. Other than that, it was all about pagers.
oh my! you actually used a cell phone in high school? i totally didn’t use one until my senior year in college. really. but my dad had a car phone which he thought was way cool. it was hooked up to the roof of the car. pagers-totally. did you ever have one? i wasn’t cool enough…
As one of my favourite bloggers in the whole wide world, I’ve nominated you for a fancy schmancy award. Hope you like it… http://jessseeker.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/this-is-just-so-unexpected/
I am just responding now…oops! But you know, of course, I do THANK YOU.
1. For being so darn awesome and
2. For being kind enough to have nominated me for this!
Very ambitious! I look forward to seeing how Project 1979 moves forward!
Thank you! Would love to chat with you some time about your insights! It looks like you are on a beautiful path towards discovering great ways of storytelling. Are you on Skype?
Sure thing — I am on Skype; my author name on my blog is my Skype handle. I’m in Australia, so time zones might be a bit of a beast.