a project by a canary torsi
About Overheredarkhorse.com
Overheredarkhorse.com is a project by Lauren McCarthy, designed to complement her physical installation Overhere, debuting with Dark Horse/Black Forest, a dance performance by Yanira Castro, in the bathroom at the Gerswhin Hotel in NYC on June 5th.
In publicly recording the private conversations overheard in bathrooms, participants explore the boundary between what is private and what is public in our daily rituals. How much is too much information, and how do we piece together and interpret the asynchronous bits we receive?
In publicly recording the private conversations overheard in bathrooms, participants explore the boundary between what is private and what is public in our daily rituals. How much is too much information, and how do we piece together and interpret the asynchronous bits we receive?
Overheredarkhorse.com Instructions
Tweet the bits of conversation you overhear from any public bathroom. You will need a twitter account. They will appear on the map in your location, adding to a city-wide visualization of the interactions, ideas, and exchanges occurring in public bathrooms.
Tweet via web or text to 40404 in the format: #overhere + things overheard + (your location).
Example: #overhere do you think he's into me? (central station)
Tweet via web or text to 40404 in the format: #overhere + things overheard + (your location).
Example: #overhere do you think he's into me? (central station)
Dark Horse/Black Forest
Dark Horse/Black Forest runs June 5-28, Friday - Sunday at 7pm and is presented by PS122 and
Neke Carson. The Gershwin Hotel is located at 7 East 27th Street (between Madison and 5th Avenue,
accessible from the #6, N & R trains at 28th Street.) Tickets are $55 for opening night, $45 for Friday &
Saturday and $20 for Sunday. To purchase tickets for the live performance call 212-352-3101 or visit www.ps122.org.
Doghebitedme/Darkbloom8
Writer Rozalia Jovanovic has created two fictionalized twitter feeds that develop the characters represented in Yanira Castro’s Dark Horse/Black Forest performance. They serve as the basis for Lauren McCarthy’s Overhere installation. Follow them here:
darkbloom8
doghebitedme
Overhere
In Overhere, the twitter feeds of the two characters are converted into whispered automated voices and play through speakers embedded in objects in the lobby. The feeds are experienced separately, intimately...requiring you to get close, to move, to listen, to work together to overhear the dialogue.
With the collective action of two or more participants, a full conversation is reformed in physical space based on the virtual communication of two fictional characters.
Overhere heightens the experience for those audience members coming to see the live performance but also stands alone as a voyeuristic experience. Overhere is free and open to the public: June 5-28, Fri - Sun from 6pm – 8pm at the Gershwin Hotel, 7 East 27 Street between 5th and Madison Avenues.
The combined experience of these environments—the live bathroom performance, audio installation and website—mark a private world revealed in public space. Overheredarkhorse.com and Overhere have been commissioned by a canary torsi
Special thanks to Mike Anderson for programming assistance!
About the Artist
Lauren McCarthy is a designer, artist, and programmer currently living in Cambridge, MA. She recently graduated from MIT with degrees in visual arts and computer science. Her work explores the intersection of physical and virtual space, through participatory interventions that invite participants to question and engage with systems in both spaces simultaneously. She also works as a designer at Small Design Firm, creating interactive installations and media environments for various museums and institutions, including the Visitor's Center at Monticello, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. www.lauren-mccarthy.com