Hello Lamp Post, Tokyo, Japan
PAN Studio is a creative studio, which develops experiences at the intersection of theatre, technology, games and public art.
Ben Parker, a co-founder of PAN Studio, describes the project Hello Lamp Post by PAN Studio in a blog post on City Monitor: “Hello Lamp Post is our playful, citywide installation inviting people to strike up conversations with familiar street furniture using the text message function of their mobile phones. Most street furniture anywhere in the world has a unique code for maintenance purposes. Hello Lamp Post repurposes these, allowing passers-by to identify an object and ‘wake it up’, prompting it to ask its caller a few questions. By giving specific personalities to specific objects, we are asking citizens to reflect on where they live and what they feel about the other inhabitants of the city.”
Find the blog post by Ben Parker on City Monitor here: https://citymonitor.ai/horizons/bristol-loves-cereal-tokyo-hates-doing-dishes-and-other-lessons-hello-lamp-post-1247
Discover the website of the project: https://www.playablecity.com/projects/hello-lamp-post/