Crowd Activations for Event
October 7, 2013 6:44 PM
Hey, Hive-minded: Please help me brainstorm a list of large scale, crowd activated activities for an event/concert/festival setting.
Twitter walls, dynamically color changing beach balls, kiss cams... the more interactive the better, but anything that brings the audience together with a unified activity they could be part of or featured in.
Those big bouncy boxing rings were very popular at my old uni campus; the ones where participants have an oversized foam hand, or whatever, to bop each other with.
posted by Salamander at 7:54 PM on October 7, 2013
posted by Salamander at 7:54 PM on October 7, 2013
Rock, Paper, Scissors.
Audience members pick someone next to them, loser sits down, winner continues on with a new opponent. Once you're down to a dozen or so people call them up on stage to have the championship rounds. This probably wouldn't work for a massive crowd, but remember that each round will cut the crowd in half, so it goes fairly quick.
posted by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug at 9:35 PM on October 7, 2013
Audience members pick someone next to them, loser sits down, winner continues on with a new opponent. Once you're down to a dozen or so people call them up on stage to have the championship rounds. This probably wouldn't work for a massive crowd, but remember that each round will cut the crowd in half, so it goes fairly quick.
posted by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug at 9:35 PM on October 7, 2013
This reminded me of Toronto's Newmindspace, a pair of artists who organize free large-scale outdoor events designed for maximum crowd participation. Some examples of their work: pillow fights, bubble battles, capture the flag, marshmallow war, lightsaber battles, boombox parties.
Improv Everywhere might also give you some ideas. Examples: The MP3 Experiment, Synchronized Swimming, Say Something Nice.
posted by divined by radio at 6:07 AM on October 8, 2013
Improv Everywhere might also give you some ideas. Examples: The MP3 Experiment, Synchronized Swimming, Say Something Nice.
posted by divined by radio at 6:07 AM on October 8, 2013
If you can think of any props that would go with your music or presentations... I went to a showing of the Big Liebowski where they gave out inflatable bats to use during the car-bashing scene, glow sticks to use during the drug-haze scene, and discounted White Russians for the whole movie. Rocky Horror uses toast, water, rice and a whole slew of other things.
posted by CathyG at 6:35 AM on October 8, 2013
posted by CathyG at 6:35 AM on October 8, 2013
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posted by oceanjesse at 7:41 PM on October 7, 2013