Live #madc Twitter feed at 2010 MADC Awards
UPDATED – In line with the ‘Silence Anonymous’ theme, there will be a live Twitter feed for attendees at the MADC Awards this Friday night, 27th August. The theme, based on the silent and scathing comments people post on industry blogs such as this, urges people to silence them with great work.
“The comments will be projected live onto a screen, so if you want to tweet about the work as it wins, bring your phone on the night and tweet adding #madc,” said MADC President Richard Ralphsmith.
Put your name to your comments if you dare.
The theme is also reflected in the fact that the night is a masquerade party – arrive anonymous and leave famous. But there’s a catch: no mask, no entry. There are two costume shops listed on the tickets, offering discounted masks to attendees.
Ticket sales have been extremely strong, say the organisers. Thecut-off time for ticket purchases is noon on Wednesday, so theorganisers are urging people to hurry up and download the form from www.madc.com.au fill it out (it’s an unlocked PDF) and email it back in as soon as possible.
The Awards had a record number of entries this year, with the judgingpanels often debating long and hard over what to include in the Show.The MADC Committee says the results are a tight showcase of the bestwork in the country – with a few surprises thrown in.
The Awards are this Friday night, 27th August and start at 7pm sharp.
9 Comments
Richard, I am assuming that given the price of the ticket, (and that this is not high school), that “no mask, no entry” is a marketing bluff.
If i’m paying that much money for a ticket, i’d want the fucking mask to be included in the ticket price, and preferably one that allows me to do heaps of bumps without having to remove it.
Otherwise it’s just another wanky party with an additional bit of (self-provided) spoof on top.
A live twitter feed? Surely that’s asking for trouble. I’m envisaging the kind of bitchy comments you see on here, amplified in their nastiness by grog and gak. Nice one.
Nice variation of this SMS based installation at AWARD 2007 in Sydney
http://between0and1.org/2007/12/04/heavy-txted-sms-projection-at-award-2007
What’s the twitter addy going to be? FOr those of us that can’t make it on the night.
Is it @MADC?
#i’minthetoiletsnortinglines
I’d like to see it taken offline during the event. A barrage of abused directed towards the organisers should do the trick!
WHO’S WITH ME?
Can’ttweetnow-havinganonymoussexintoilets
MADC is usually a great night. Except for the rude people who talk during the awards. perhaps the tweeing will keep them quiet.
On another note, how does Campaign Brief feel for indirectly giving the night the theme?
I do hope that journalism ethics will eventually catch up with all blogs (not just CB) and the publishers are compelled by law to publish the author of letters to the editor.
But for now i will sign this anonymously. Which is in itself, sad