About a year ago a You Tube video circulated of a troupe who all froze in the middle of Liverpool Station (3.4.08): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmABfd6LY1k&NR=1
This stunt was recently recreated for a T Mobile Ad (1.15.09), filmed at Liverpool station, where a troupe dressed as commuters all began dancing at the same time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUZrrbgCdYc&feature=related
Last week, this ad inspired a Facebook’er to gather a group of friends to descend on the station at a specific time to recreate the TV ad. The result was a Facebook Flash Mob of thousands of people converging on Liverpool Station. And Dancing. Read the full article here: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/09/uk.station.flashmob/index.html
Art imitating TV, imitating life, imitating art… Whatever it is, it is cool, an example of mediums crossing over, and a testament to the power of the Internets.
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