anti-Telkom demonstration - help needed

[Peter7]

Hi guys,
saw this hellkom.co.za VENT from EradicatE and wanted to post it here to get more publicity and get people involved to help with this (Please note this is for TOMORROW Tuesday 23 Aug 2005):



from EradicatE (http://www.hellkom.co.za/vent/index.php)

Hey all,

I'm going to be doing an 'artistic intervention' in Cape Town as part of a project and I need the help of all you anti-telkom people...

the intervention involves wrapping up a public phone booth in brown paper for the duration of the day tomorrow (23/08/2005).

Here's where you guys come in if you wish to volunteer. I want to have this phone booth constantly ringing...
So if you could dial one of the three numbers sometime between 08:00 and 16:00 tomorrow it would be much appreciated. It won't cost anything - the phone will not be answered. Dial as many times as you like and leave it ringing for as long as you want.

the numbers are:
021 4264780
021 4265725
021 4265681

Thanks in advance to anyone who partakes in this.

[Moederloos]

good stuff, it will just be like a phone at their "help desk"

[ajak]

Hi guys,
saw this hellkom.co.za VENT from EradicatE and wanted to post it here to get more publicity and get people involved to help with this (Please note this is for TOMORROW Tuesday 23 Aug 2005):
ITS MY BIRTHDAY ON THE 23
MAAR EK SAL BEL EN BEL EN BEL TOT MY ORE TUIT

[ajak]

WHY NOT USE TIOLET PAPER
AJAK

[mccrack]

I dont get it though ?

[SkrewbalL]

Its My B-day Tomorrow Too!!!

[SteveV]

How do I contact EradicatE? Would like to go and take some pics for my magazine...

[scatlett]

I am obviously not artistic enough. Can somebody explain what the 'statement' is - or is it one of those 'what does it mean to you' things.

[Peapod]

in order to answer the phone you have to break the art. Or, its a ringing that compels you to answer yet you are then awestruck by a phone booth wrapped up in a package. It evokes a response in you which is what art should do. If you're near the demo, then go have a look and see what it stirs up in you.

[Jarrod]

Is it legal i mean i would hate to read on hellkom or myadsl " Anti Telkom protestors shot with teargas and rubber bullets" But like they say any publicity is good publicity...
Will fone and fone tomorow :)

[EradicatE]

Hey all.

I'm glad this project of mine is sparking some interest. Here's a bit of a background to it. I am an art student and for a project we had to perform a "curative intervention" somewhere on our campus. As has previously been explained, I wrapped the public phones up like parcels and organised for them to ring all day. This can be read on many levels - disrupting communication, screwing with telkom's services, seeing the reactions of people to a ringing phone that cannot be answered without destroying "art". My main aim really was to just cause a bit of a chaotic spectacle - make something ordinary behave out of the ordinary. Im going to be getting pics tomorrow that I can show you guys aswell as a small video which I'll try get online.

Thanks to everyone who called in.
-Frank Latter

[Peter7]

Hi guys,

EradicatE has a pic of this phone booth demo, along with a 5MB video. Need someone that's willing to offer some space to host them, so you guys can take a look.

[AdLo]

You can host images for free at http://www.imageshack.us/

[Nickste]

Email it to nickste@gmail.com and i'll sort out hosting.

Cheers, Nick