A video screen projects on a vast wall in a dark space. A hunting spear rests on the floor, ready to be clutched by any willing participant. News headlines roam the video projection, flocking together on and off the screen.
Someone picks up the spear. Suddenly, news headlines scatter and flee the scene. The participant hunts news headlines. Jabbing at the screen at the right moment will kill a headline. Captured headlines corral into the bottom of the projection. Once the participant is finished the hunt, news stories associated with the chosen headlines can be read on a monitor to the side of the projection.
The caveman hunts for food and gathers plants and resources. Modern man hunts for information. He searches a topic on Google and finds instantaneous gratification with the computer. He goes about his mediated day, filters out information and selects exactly what he wants to read, listen, or watch.
Mass media endeavors to shape and control the bodily and cultural understanding of American citizens. Corporate media structures are still in denial over the phasing out of an antiquated top-down delivery system. The American citizen now has access to a free and customizable palette of live news feeds on the Internet. Information Hunter/Gatherer is the space where people reflect upon their relationship with the news headline.
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