London NodeL
4/24/2006-5/1/2006
THE PERFORMANCE-LIVE (inactive)
THE PERFORMANCE-SIMULATION
THE DAILY DISPATCH
PORTA2030 conducts its performative exercise with 10 porta-porters made up of local residents. Workshop sessions are held for site-specific urgency scenario. The porta-porters, each carrying a porta-pack, transmit live his/her daily routine to the public screen and the website. The porta-porter communicates with each other by using an LCD 4 click button device. Four buttons signal four humors: four fluids (blood, black bile, yellow bile and phlegm) , four basic elements of nature (air, earth, fire and water) and four temperaments.(sanguine, melancholic, choleric and phlegmatic). THe click button signals are translated into 4 color animation on the performance interface. Urgency signals triggered by real life events inform porta-porters on her LCD terminal with alarm beeps and call for porta-porter'
