ABC Urban Arts Festival, Amsterdam 2010

A CROSS FERTILIZATION BETWEEN THE WORLDS OF DESIGN AND CRAFTS

Never before in history was there so much data flowing around and communication streaming across the globe as today. Modern internet and mobile technology allows people to spread their words within a matter of seconds.

If it is so easy to communicate, how does that influence the content of the messages?

This question is the starting point for Autobahn and Wendling’s #StoneCarvedTweets Project.The project shows what happens when you mix a stream of Twitter messages (tweets) with a highly contrasting communication form: carving texts in stone.

An ongoing Twitter stream is our input to carve texts. New tweets are printed and placed in the stonecarver’s inbox.