Kevin Bracken is originally from Long Island, New York and co-founded Newmindspace during his 5-year studies in Toronto, Canada, where he contributed to numerous projects aimed at improving public life such as the TRIP! Project and the Toronto Public Space Committee. In January of 2009, he returned to New York to work on Refuge, a multi-purpose center for the arts in Brooklyn, where Newmindspace is now headquartered.
He delights in late-night techno dance parties, blowing large volumes of bubbles with brightly-colored machines, website design and technology, public infrastructure and transit, tall buildings, big cities, boardwalks, electronic music, the earth, beauty, and adventures of all kinds.
This guy sounds awesome already!
now these pictures and text may not direct reflect Kevin Bracken or newmindspace, but this is the general idea of what it is he does and the idea of flash mobs.
Subway Party!
A subway party is a celebration that occurs on a mass transit system. Generally, people meet at a predetermined station in their city's mass transit system, wait until their numbers have achieved critical mass, and board the train. From there, revelers may engage in many different activities, from playing music and dancing to exchanging gifts.
There are several kinds of subway parties, the two most distinct being the rush hour subway party and the late night subway party.
Now this is what I am talking about. Free celebration of life! A gathering of people for the purpose of positivity, plur and a great time. And its not at some 18 or 21+ overpriced club or event, its in the local subways! Things like this gives me faith in humanity, or better yet, our youth.
Pillow Fight!!!!
A pillow fight flash mob is a social phenomenon of flash mobbing and shares many characteristics of a culture jam. The flash mob version of massive pillow fights is distinguished by the fact that nearly all of the promotion is Internet-based. These events occur around the world, some taking the name Pillow Fight Club, a reference to Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk in which anyone could join and fight as long as they fought by the rules.Both the London and Vancouver Pillow Fight Club's rules reflect that described in the book and feature film.
The trend owes much to uses of modern communications technologies, including decentralised personal networking, known as smartmobbing. Word of the events spreads primarily via digital means, usually on the internet via email, chat rooms and text messaging which result in seemingly spontaneous mass gatherings. Pillows are sometimes hidden and at the exact pre-arranged time or the sound of a whistle, the pillow fighters pull out their pillows and commence pillow fighting. The pillow fights can last from a few minutes to several hours.
My friend actually attended a few of these in downtown Los Angeles a few years ago. It blew my mind when he told me about these.. A pillow fight with 1000+ people in the middle of downtown? Awesome! This is regression to the most sought after emotional feeling.. to be a child again. As we grow up, we lose the sense of play (Remember that from Bomb It?) and just do our routines, work (school), eat, sleep repeat. We as humans (adults in particular) need to be able to go out and play! Alot of my friends when they go out to parks and stuff to do yoga, acroyoga or the like, always say they are "Going out to play." Not many seem to have that playful mentality (me included!)
So everyone.. go out and play!!
Im also thinking, this would have been an amazing semester full class participation project where the class comes up with an idea for a flash mob on campus. That would have been completely AMAZING. (hint hint!)
This track is a Lady Gaga remix by the man, Skrillex. This is an uncompleted work, someone stole the hard-drives which contained his work, and someone leaked it. Skrillex knows, and actually shared it on his FB page. So enjoy! its sick ;)
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