Last August (2009), the "ephemeral artists" of
Nothing Happened Here staged a
mobile public reading event,
meandering around the town of San Luis Obispo, CA with
The Reading Chair, and a group of folks reading
a variety of stories, poems and tales. The group has planned
Typing in Public to take place tomorrow (May 15, 2010), in the same little town. The event is primarily focused on
people writing on typewriters around town, but people can also share comments via
Twitter,
Flickr, or texting the event coordinators. To spark some inspiration, the group has received submissions from a variety of people, including
Gerald Casale for
Devo,
Paul Frommer writing in
Na'vi (with translation to English),
Dr. James J. Duderstadt, President Emeritus, University Professor of Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan, writing on
the library as the poster child of the it revolution, and plenty more.
The list of Contributors & Volunteers on the left side of
the group's website links to individual posts, and some people have continued the stories from the initial posts in the comments. The site also has
a story in many parts, written in rounds by a number of kids, both locals and not.
An earlier project to spread the love of public reading worldwide is
the Flickr gallery of photos from around the world, which possibly inspired this similar LA Times blog post:
Reading around the world, in photos.
posted by filthy light thief at 12:36 PM on May 14, 2010