Hello World! or: How I Learned to Stop Listening and Love the Noise

An immersive video installation featuring over 3000 video diaries found on the internet.

Hello World! is a large-scale audio visual installation comprised of thousands of unique video diaries gathered from the internet. The project is a meditation on the the contemporarty plight of democratic, participative media and the fundamental human desire to be heard. On one hand, new media technologies like YouTube have enabled new speakers at an alarming rate. On the other hand, no new technologies have emerged that allow us to listen to all of these new public speakers. Each video consists of a single lone individual speaking candidly to a (potentially massive) imagined audience from a private space such as a bedroom, kitchen, or dorm room. The multi-channel sound composition glides betwen individuals and the group, allowing viewers to listen in on unique speakers or become immersed in the caucauphony.

Preliminary video documentation by Ben Myrick