HEARSAY (1985) - a project for ARTEX by Norman White

"Hearsay (1985) was a telecommunications event based upon the children's game whereby a secret message is whispered from person to person till it arrives back at its originator. In this case a message was sent around the world in 24 hours, roughly following the sun, via a global computer network (I. P. Sharp Associates). Each of the eight participating centres was charged with translating the message into a different language before sending it on. The whole process was monitored at Toronto's A-Space."

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ARTEX USER CODES, LOCATIONS AND PARTICIPANTS:

'EBANK' (Des Moines, U.S.A.)
TRANSLATOR: CINDY HILDEN
PROJECT COORDINATOR: FRED TRUCK,
THE ELECTRIC BANK, DES MOINES, U.S.A.


'CAISY' (Sydney, Australia)
TRANSLATOR: AMELIA BRESCIANI, RADIO STATION 2EA.
PROJECT COORDINATOR: ERIC GIDNEY
CITY ART INSTITUTE, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.


'MASA' (Tokyo, Japan)
TRANSLATOR AND PROJECT COORDINATOR: MASAYUKI HAYASHI,
INTEC INC. (I.P.SHARP ASSOCIATES) TOKYO, JAPAN.


'RAX' (Vienna, Austria)
TRANSLATOR: SUMIKO LESTER (JAPANESE CULTURAL SERVICE)
PROJECT COORDINATOR: ROBERT ADRIAN. (ARTEX STEWARD)
VIENNA, AUSTRIA.


'ASCOT' (Caerleon, U.K.)
TRANSLATION TEAM: ALISON FOSTER, PAUL BEVAN, GORONWY DAVIES, NIGEL GRIFFITHS,
PROJECT COORDINATOR: ROY ASCOTT
GWENT COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, SCHOOL OF FINE ART, CAERLEON, U.K.


'DAX' (Pittsburg U.S.A.)
TRANSLATOR: DAVID E. RENSHAW
PROJECT COORDINATOR: BRUCE BRELAND
COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS, CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURG, U.S.A.


'SAIC' (Chicago U.S.A.)
TRANSLATOR: MARTON SASS
PROJECT COORDINATOR: PAUL HAYWARD
TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR: KEVIN HUOTARI
SUPPORT GROUP: J. TIMMERMAN, B. HASKEN, A. DE CAMPOS ROSADO, JOE DAVIS, K. SCHUTTA
DOCUMENTATION: PAUL HAYWARD, KEVIN HUOTARI
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, CHICAGO, U.S.A.


'NTW' (Toronto, Canada)
TRANSLATOR: THEODOR CSIZMAZIA
PROJECT COORDINATOR: NORMAN T. WHITE
TECHNICAL SUPPORT: BOB BERNECKY (I.P.SHARP ASSOCIATES)
GALLERY INSTALLATION AND DOCUMENTATION: LAURA KIKAUKA, CARL HAMFELT, & NORMAN T. WHITE.
A-SPACE GALLERY, TORONTO, CANADA.


"HEARSAY" CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT: LAURA KIKAUKA, CARL HAMFELT, ROBERT ADRIAN, & NORMAN WHITE
CONCEPT & OVERALL PROJECT ORGANIZER: NORMAN T. WHITE