{"id":2692,"date":"2008-09-22T23:46:21","date_gmt":"2008-09-23T03:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/?p=2692"},"modified":"2008-09-22T23:46:21","modified_gmt":"2008-09-23T03:46:21","slug":"improveverywhere-comes-to-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2008\/09\/22\/improveverywhere-comes-to-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"ImprovEverywhere comes to Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s not for everyone, but if you enjoy spontaneous activity with a bunch of strangers, Improv Everywhere is apparently bringing<\/a> their “MP3 Experiment” to Toronto on September 28. The group, which organizes improvisational events primarily in New York — including the recent Grand Central Station freeze experiment (in which dozens of people<\/a> froze in place for five minutes) and the Best Buy campaign (in which dozens of people showed up at a Best Buy store all dressed exactly like Best Buy employees) — started the MP3 Experiment in 2004. <\/p>\n

People were asked to download an mp3 file and then bring it on a player with some headphones to a pre-arranged meeting place, where they listened to a voice and carried out various activities, including dancing, singing, blowing up balloons and so on. So far, there have been four MP3 Experiments in a variety of places (there’s some video on YouTube<\/a> of the last few). The news that Toronto was getting one came by way of a group called Newmindspace, which holds similar events in Toronto and New York, such as the Bubble Battle<\/a> and the Great New York Pillow Fight<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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It’s not for everyone, but if you enjoy spontaneous activity with a bunch of strangers, Improv Everywhere is apparently bringing their “MP3 Experiment” to Toronto on September 28. The group, which organizes improvisational events primarily in New York — including the recent Grand Central Station freeze experiment (in which dozens of people froze in place … <\/p>\n

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