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Improv Everywhere

ting — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:24:02 +0000

This is probably old news for some of you, but when I saw it, I was totally blown away (and went on watching all the other 564,345 related videos).

Improv Everywhere is a group of undercovers aiming to create a scene amongst unsuspecting public. This video here shows how 16 undercovers burst into a musical in a shopping mall food court. Freaking hilarious!

While you're at it, check out the infamous Frozen Grand Central (and the rest of the 564,244 videos too!).

I love musicals!

Stop, collaborate and listen

andreachiu — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:17:35 +0000

Improve Everywhere has been taking performance art to the streets since 2001. This weekend, they're coming to Toronto for the Mp3 Experiment. The concept is simple. Download the mp3 on their site, show up at Riverdale park at 2pm with your portal music player and follow the instructions. They've been doing this for years, but my favourite improve project is Frozen Grand Central in New York City. Imagine that on your morning commute.

Flash Mob vs. Smart Mob I

lukaswagner — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:03:41 +0000

When you think about a mob the first association and picture that usually come up your mind is an angry group of people – a violent, aggressive and uncontrollable crowd.
But in times of internet and mobile communication a mob can appear in many different facings: Hundreds or even thousands of mostly young people meeting in public places, acting pacifically, enjoying the furore they created just with their own appearance.
Flash mob is the keyword of this new way to gather in a group – the very mob! But what exactly is that – a flash mob. The easiest way to explain, is to quote from the dictionary. As many new expressions linked to the IT-branch also the term flash mob found its way into the dictionaries surprisingly quick after its first appearance 2003 in New York. “A group of people who organize on the Internet and then quickly assemble in a public place, do something bizarre, and disperse; also called inexplicable mob” so the direct quotation from dictionary.com.
The inventor of the first flash mob, which took place in Manhattan in May 2003, was the journalist and editor Bill Wasik. Via SMS, e-mail or phone Bill Wasik rounded up more than one hundred people in a department store, where they clapped their hands for exact 15 seconds. After that time they left the store without any reaction or explanation for the surprised and perplex employees and customers. Exact these absurdity and purposelessness of the action is emblematic and prototypical for a flash mob. By contrast is the so called smart mob, which I’m going to look at in detail in my second article. Like a flash mob a smart mob is also a convention of people gathered together via interetn, SMS, ect. But there is one big difference between the two: Unlike a flash mob, a smart mob always has a political or socil background and purpose.
One of the most spectacular flash mobs happened during a cold Saturday in January 2006 in New York’s Grand Central Station – one of the biggest train-stations in the world. More than 200 people – all informed by e-mail, SMS or mobile phone – met in the Main Concourse of the station, where they stopped in their move all in the same time for exact five minutes. With disbelief in their eyes all the other pedestrians walked in-between the groups of human-statues. Because the participants of this flash mob acted like frozen bodies, this act became famous as the Frozen Grand Central. Since today this type of flash mob was copied in many different cities all over the world.

Sources:

- wikipedia.org
- youtube.com
- Spiegel.de
- dictionary.reference.com
- improveverywhere.com

Gemelos: espejo humano de Improve Everywhere

luchinop — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:06:03 +0000

via Improveverywhere

La úlitma misión de este grupo creado por Charlie Todd para generar escenas de caos y goce en lugares públicos.

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Cuentan con más de 70 misiones. Una de mis preferidas es la que se quedan congelados en la estación de tren: Frozen Grand Central.

frozen grand central

rodrigoedipo — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:57:53 +0000

fuderoso fuderoso. o pessoal do improve everywhere teve mais uma idéia massa, juntou mais de 200 pessoas para fazer uma ação coletiva em que ficam congelados por 5 minutos no meio do central park/ ny.

*nos vídeos relacionados tem mais ações do coletivo.

Law & Order stjäl Frozen Grand Central

letaguldkorn — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:49:27 +0000

Hört talas om Improv Everywhere?

En improvisationsgrupp som startade i New York år 2001 av Charlie Todd. Han annonserar efter folk som vill vara med i stora improviserade aktioner - bland annat Frozen Grand Central - som är en rätt mäktig aktion (se videoklippet).

För några veckor sedan sändes i USA ett avsnitt av Law & Order där en sexualförbrytare och mördare (Robin Williams) ingick i en aktion på Grand Central där alla skulle frysa. Det märkliga är att de har inte bara stulit idén från Improv Everywhere - de har stulit exakta scener ur klippet. Se mannen som knyter sina skosnören och kvinnan som äter youghurt. Avsnittet med Improv heter Authority.

Det verkar inte som om Charlie Todd har tänkt att stämma NBC för idéstöld. Han är lite fundersam - ska man bli arg eller smickrad? Frozen Grand Central är dessutom inte den enda idé de stulit - kuddkriget är också Improvs idé. Och NBC har inte ens kontaktat, eller tackat Improv för idéuppslaget. Snarare tvärtom - de har framställt Charlie Todds karaktär som psykopat.

To reiterate, we had no idea this was happening and the show never contacted us. I guess it’s flattering to see our work fictionalized, even if we’re portrayed as murderers who yell, “Sheep!” at everyone. Too funny!

Jag har skrivit om Improv i ett tidigare inlägg - där de uppför en musikal på ett snabbmatställe. Berättade då också om att det finns Improv-grupper i Sverige - men de har inte kommit igång i så stor skala än. Eller vi kanske jag ska skriva - för vi i Skåne ska träffas den 23 maj i Stadsparken i Lund. Alla intresserade är välkomna. Vi kommer att planera en aktion som ska vara lätt att genomföra - och som inte får kosta för mycket pengar - eftersom det är vi själva som står för kostnaderna.

Är man blyg - och inte vågar agera - så kan man ta med sig videokamera eller vara med och filma med mobiltelefonen - dokumentationen är en viktig del av Improv.

Och kanske får vi se vår aktion i en framtida Beck eller Wallanderfilm. Undrar om jag framställs som en galen sektledare då?

Den 23 maj klockan 18 i Stadsparken, Lund. Framför den vita scenen. Vi har en piratflagga med. Ni har mat, dricka, filt, varma kläder (det blir kallt när solen går ner) och goda idéer.

Uppdatering!

Det blir ingen picknick i Stadsparken - aktiviteten krockar med något som händer på lördag i Lund. Gå med i Facebookgruppen Flash Mob Lund - eller kom till Botans stora gräsmatta i god tid innan klockan 14:00, lördag den 24 maj. Därifrån utgår en aktion som ska äga rum i Lund.

Jag är inte med eftersom jag kommer att arbeta i Landskrona hela dagen.

THE WORLD IS DOING THE FREEZE!

michecesa — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:00:15 +0000

Almost every famous landmark the world over is playing host to the latest craze in Youtube.

It's THE FREEZE..

It has been done in the Grand Central in New York.

In the Trafalgar Square in London

In Trocadero in Paris

As I watch the videos, it must have been mighty creepy to be there, not knowing why all of a sudden people around you stop moving. It must have felt like a time warp, or finding yourself in an episode of the Twilight Zone.

These stagings were inspired by a website called Improv Everywhere. If you visit the site, you will find a lot of experiments of this nature. Cool ideas, I should say. But why go through all

Flash Mobs and Frozen Grand Central

dougfloyd — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:16:09 +0000

If you haven't seen it yet, the Frozen Grand Central is a great example of flash mobs organized through Imrpov Everywhere.

In the early 80s, I was part of a small college drama group that performed spontaneous imrpov skits in public. These were some of my favorite memories in college. Watching the Frozen in Central Park video brought back those memories. Hope you enjoy!

The "Food Court Musical" and the YouTube response "Frozen Grand Central"

inspirethereal — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:31:10 +0000

The Singapore Freeze is apparently taking place 17 May.

Improv Everywhere Global и в БГ?

stranger — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:44:35 +0000

Минавам аз днес покрай НДК и ставам свидетел на това:
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Понеже видеото е "малко зле" (просто имах само няколко секунди за реакция) обяснявам набързо какво видяхте преди малко :D
Това са група от хора, който както си се мотат изведнъж "замръзват" и остават така за известно време. Ако сте гледали Frozen Grand Central би трябвало доста добре да знаете за какво става въпрос ;)
Ако не сте, правя бърз обучаващ курс:
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:)
Та така и не разбрах кой организира днешното замръзване пред НДК, но очаквам утре в интернет някой да "поеме отговорност" за случилото се днес и ще ви държа в течение ;)

Остро препоръчва да погледнете официалният сайт на Improv Everywhere:
improveverywhere.com
Improv Everywhere Global и
Improv Everywhere at youtube

Мен лично цялата концепция ме кефи много :)

EDIT:
Ето тук ще да е мястото за инфото :) клик @sluchki.blogspot.com

10x to blacksnoopy

ImprovEverywhere Frozen Grand Central

ottoessig — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:21:17 +0000

Frozen Grand Central

Hans Rippel — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:21:42 +0000

Frozen Grand Central

Best Improv I have seen yet.

Improv group breaks into song in middle of L.A. mall

mintymusings — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:10:32 +0000

By now, everyone has seen the Frozen Grand Central video. It's done by a group called Improv Everywhere, which plays pranks on the public.

The video has gone viral in a huge way. I first learned about the Grand Central video through an e-mail from my sister. Improv Everywhere also got tons and tons of publicity on national news outlets and now, according to their website's blog, the group has now inspired improv "freeze" events around the world. This has inspired the group to launch its own social network on Ning called IE Global.

I'm thinking that maybe my Georgetown master's program in PR should get its own improv group. What could be a better way to get publicity for the program than to freeze ourselves somewhere? :) Or, maybe we could do it as a social media class assignment? It would be the ultimate way to put all our social media skills to the test. We could devise our secret prank through a class-only wiki, learn how to videotape our improv and post it on YouTube, blog about the experience on our blogs, post the photos on Flickr, and finally join the IE Global social network. It would be about learning in action. Hmmm... where could we freeze? I don't yet see anything on the site for Washington, DC. We could all freeze around the Washington Monument or around the Tidal Basin, since it will be Cherry Blossom Festival time. Virginia Tech has even gotten in the game, freezing around the cafeteria.

Rather than freeze, maybe our social media class could try the newest prank/mission to come out of Improv Everywhere... breaking into song in the middle of a mall.

What would our song be? We'd have to make up our own, maybe calling it "Taking Social Media to the Streets" or "Blogging My Way."

Kurzfristige Aktionslust trifft inszenierten Alltagstrott.

RS-67 — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:59:45 +0000

Man muss kein Freund von Flashmobs sein, um diese Form von kurzweiligem Darstellungsdrang zu mögen: Tatort Grand Central New York. Hunterte von Menschen mischen sich in einer Bahnhofhalle unauffällig unters Volk, um zur exakt gleichen Zeit zu regungslosen Gestalten zu "gefrieren". Gleiches Prinzip, anderer Ort: Die Fressmeile einer Einkaufspassage. Etliche, scheinbar nicht zusammengehörige Besucher, präsentieren quasi aus dem Nichts heraus ein glamuröses Spontan-Musical inklusive Gesang und dramatischen Tanzeinlagen.

Hinter den teils aufwändigen Aktionen stecken die Flashmob-Aktivisten von ImprovEverywhere, die immer wieder mit perfekter Organisation und Umsetzung von stark Aufsehen erregenden Inzensierungen bis schwer schwachsinnigen Ideen überzeugen, und so die große Öffentlichkeit für einen kurzen Moment lang zur ausverkauften Kleinkunstbühne werden lässt. Wer selbst einmal teilnehmen will, findet unter www.ImprovEverywhere.com aktuelle Aktionen, Orte, Daten, Videos und Teilnahmebedingungen.

Video Aktion "Frozen Gand Central":

Video Aktion "Food Court Musical"

Frozen Grand Central

pinkmonster — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:50:50 +0000

Are you one of the 8 Million + viewers who have checked out the "Frozen Grand Central Station" on You Tube?

If you haven't checked it out, here's the video.

Join Eksena Manila and let's bring this project to the Philippines!

[video credit: Improv Everywhere]

Improv Everywhere "Frozen Grand Central"

mshonestee — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:44:48 +0000

Improv Everywhere is a awesome national group that conducts huge pranks in public. This video is hilarious and crazy to watch; a couple hundred people stand completely frozen for five minutes in the middle of Grand Central Station...

Frozen Grand Central

Sarrdanapale — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:36:59 +0000

[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.480425&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26]

Youtube - Frozen Grand Central

samuelschuermann — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:07:01 +0000

Hier kommt noch ein weiteres Youtubevideo zu eurer Unterhaltung. Nein, ich verbringe nicht meinen ganzen Tag auf Youtube. Mir wurde dieses Video von jemandem geschickt und ich will es mit euch teilen. Übrigens: Ich bin immer noch nicht über das Kuhvideo hinweg. :D I like to muhuhu

Dieses Video ist absolut genial! ...ach und ich freue mich natürlich weiterhin über Kommentare zum Deutschlandthema.

Cum ar fi daca timpul s-ar opri?

benionweb — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:35:46 +0000

Tu ce-ai face daca timpul s-ar opri numai pentru tine?

1,2,3 Frozen !

mralexpierre — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:15:28 +0000

Enorme performance au Grand Central de New-York, où 200 membres du collectif Improv Everywhere se sont immobilisés pendant 5 minutes au milieu d'une foule médusée.

Histoire de sortir un peu du quotidien...

fabulousfab (5885)

Fabien cleenewerck — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:11:12 +0000

Frozen Grand Central : une manifestation collective surréaliste

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Une manifestation collective vraiment surréaliste, sur le modèle des Flashmobs mais bien plus déroutant.

Des amateurs pour organiser une version “French Frozen” ?

Le site Improv Everywhere
Le réseau social du collectif Improv Everywhere sur Ning
Visible sur YouTube : Frozen Grand Central
Découvert via le blog de Raphaël Jolivet et celui de Gonzague Dambricourt

Un FlashMob très Resad dans la gare de New York...

levenar — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:53:48 +0000

Il y a quelques jours, à la "Grand central station", qui se dit la plus grande gare du monde, où passent 500 000 personnes par jour, le temps s'est ralenti pendant 5 minutes. Ce lieu a en effet été victime d'un "attentat poétique" comme on qualifie les flashmob, ces rassemblements bizarres et ephémères, organisés par une foule qui ne se connait que par internet.

Ce jour là, 200 personnes se sont retrouvées "gelées" pendant 5 minutes, au milieu des flux continus des voyageurs en transit...

Et voilà la vidéo:

Pour voir la totalité de l'expérience, c'est ici!

Coco