The triumf of the phone
The Post & Tele Museum is opening a major new exhibition on The Century of Communication, where Cordura has delivered interactive installations in collaboration with Poco Piu and Fenris Film.
In connection with renovation of the museum's permanent exhibition sectionThe 20th Century communications history, a new exhibition The triumph of the phone is opening - with new and exciting installations. The exhibition focuses on the recent past; Postal and telecommunications stories from 1920 onwards and the visitor experience - both visually and actively through the exhibition - ages and communication changes.
Cordura, in collaboration with Poco Piu, Fenris Film and Post & Tele Museum, has produced a series of interactive installations for the exhibition, including a SMS competition, Love Letters, Rights Quiz, Convergence (smartphone), the social network and communication on the Internet.
SMS competition
Two users compete against each other to be the fastest to write a
predetermined text message.
The users write on a mobile phone connected to a computer. The
competition will kick off with a touch on a physical button. The
computer monitor provides information about the text message, the
receiver number and how long they have to type the message. Whoever
types quickly - and with the fewest mistakes - wins and is placed
on the museum's rankings.
Love Letters
On a touch screen, the user can compose a love letter to a
friend/girlfriend from written texts from three different
historical periods.
The user selects a beginning, a middle, and a end and can thus
compose the letter which he/she wants. The love letter is sent via
email to the recipient.
A Rights Quiz
On a touch screen, the user can answer true or false on a number
of statements about privacy and rights. The users response is
acknowledged with either a "correct" or "incorrect" and a deepening
of the problem. From here the user can click on to the next
statement until all questions are answered.
Convergence (smartphone)
A smartphone is playing a video showing a selection of functions
on the phine including calling, texting, emailing, chatting,
Facebook, calendar, memos, camera, music, video, web browsing and
gaming. The video illustrates a user's hand, which uses the phones
many functions.
The social network
On a laptop a browser is illustrated with several open tabs that
displays the websites: G-mail, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter - all
examples of network communication in 2011. The websites are
partially functional, where users can read messages on the Facebook
profile wall, see profile information etc. In this way the visitors
gets an insight into the profiles everyday life, work, family,
interests etc.
Communicating on the Internet
On another laptop a browser showing communications anno 2000 is
illustrated. The browser shows the dating-site Dating.dk and an
e-mail inbox in Outlook. In the inbox, the user can read e-mails
sent to the persona, which also provides insight into the personas
everyday.
In total the exhibition contains over 50 installations that illustrate communication in this century.