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11-11-11 ‘09

On the eleventh of November 2009 you are invited to take part in a pyschogeographical epic. You have a window of eleven hours to complete a circuit of  Birmingham’s number eleven bus.
There are rules. But not many:

Get on the 11C at some point after 11am on 11/11.
Get off the 11C exactly one circuit later.
You [...]

Done, finish, kaput.

On the eleventh of November a disparate group of psychogeographers, artists, bloggers, photographers, bus drivers and babies spent eleven hours on Birmingham’s number eleven bus starting after eleven am. There were rules. But not many. The rules were:

Get on the 11C after 11am on 11/11.
Get off the 11C at 10pm — 11 hours later [...]

Recording your 11-11-11 online (or watching others’)

Okay, you’ve packed your sandwitches, crisps and a penguin, got your camera, laptop or posh mobile phone, pens, paper or hammond organ. How are we going to know what you’re up to?
By the power of online communication.

If you’re tweeting your tweets should show up on this site — as long as you use the words [...]

So, who’s 11-11-11ing?

Well, I am. But who else?
We’ve had 27 “definites” say yes on Facebook, and 40 “maybes”. We’ll see.
A further 7 or so have said yes on the blog’s sign-up page.
Louise Whitmore will be photographing and drawing.
‘Eightball’ has “something planned with original hammond music”.
Mark Steadman is planning to record or broadcast for his Rhubarb Radio show.
Tom [...]

Photos here are tagged 111111c on Flickr.
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