As preparation for some upcoming projects that employ SMS as a mode of interaction, I looked around for other artists who have used SMS technology. Here is a short list. Know of any others? These categories are very loose.

Some background on SMS.
A huge collection of projects can be found HERE.

Public Expression

• TXTual healing, Paul Notzold
  A lovely SMS to thought-bubble on public facade project.
• SMS Matrix, Delft, EE
  A large 3D LED display will display incoming SMSes
• Smoke Signals, A Minimaforms Project
  SMSes from participants are projected onto a cloud of smoke. A website presents both SMS numbers and an online submission box. A queue of messages is available for users to see.
• Tool For Armchair Activists, Troika
  An device that will read SMSes in public places.
• SMS Guerrilla Projector, Troika
  A portable SMS projector.
• Speaker’s Corner, Jaap De Jonge, et al.
  A public LED display presenting a SMS/Web text submission/collaboration context.
• Story Board,Stefhan Caddick
  A public, mobile storyboard that will display SMS messages. Employed Gnokii.
• Avete qualcosa da dire? , Andreas Gysin
  The artists asks “what do you have to say?”. Participants answer via text message. Results are displayed on LED screens across Switzerland within minutes.

Collaborative Creation

• Specflic 2.0 - Speculative Distributed Cinema, Adriene Jenik
  A distributed performance, including live SMS input participant/viewers.

Control/Access Objects

• hugms, Mark Argo
  A tangible media device that allows you to send hugs via SMS.
• White Snoflakes, Polka Product Pleasure
  White snowflakes in the street are illuminated by SMSes.
• Flickr Peep Show, @ Mediamatic 2005
  Tags are sent to an installation that will reveal images from the flickr database.
• Accessory Nerve, Francesca Rosella and Ryan Genz, et al.
  A wearable device that responds to SMS
• Cellwish, Yu-Chen Chiu (邱于真), Kuan Huang(黄宽)
  A text message based 3D public video installation. People can send their good wish via SMS of cellphone and share the good karma with the other people in the public space.
• Budapest Heat, Aether Architecture
  A sculpture transforms itself in response to weather report SMSes from Budapest.
• Fete Mobile, Fete Mobile
  A large networked blimp is accessible via SMS.
• Oribotics, Matthew Gardiner
  An interactive installation/sculpture that responds to SMSes from participants.
• Call A ball, S. Grünert, K. Hüsig & J. Pönisch
  City kiosks that allow people to communicate and organize ball-games via SMS.
• TXTSound, Paul Notzold
  An SMS 2 Sound converter utilizing Max/MSP/Jitter.

Group Coordination via SMS

• PAUSE. An experiment in slowing down @ Conflux, 2006
  Participants in this urban event will receive text messages instructing them where to “pause” for five minutes. Groups of 30+ will simultaneously freeze and then unfreeze in various high traffic areas. (via
  textually.org)