Posts Tagged ‘social’

Art comes in all shapes and forms. ImprovEverywhere is a new type of “performance art” with anywhere from 20 to 700+ performers. Their stage: The streets of the concrete jungle. Based in New York City, the group has grown exponentially and now sees supporters in many of the world’s major cities. But what do they do exactly? Basically anything out of the ordinary. For example, if you see someone on the subway with no pants you will think they are crazy — especially in the winter. But what about 700 people? What if all the workers at a food court started singing the same song together while you were eating? 

Those public events include synchronized fountain swimming, shopping shirtless at Abercrombie & Fitch, the Subway mirror, and many many more organized events. The most notorious one that even made the news several times is the Frozen Grand Central where 200+ people “froze” in time for 5 minutes, amuzing everyone around them:

This is a prime example of what Web 2.0 has to offer in ways other than intended. The group is getting world-popular and new events are organized all the time. For more information check out their site.

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Being as cool as they are, it comes as no surprise that most Germans aged 19-29 would ditch their girlfriend or boyfriend, and even their car in a heartbeat if they had to choose between them or an Internet connection. Over 84% of the 1000 people surveyed shared that opinion. If that is not enough, 97% of them wouldn’t know how to live without a mobile phone too.