Do(n't) is a set of 3 text/sound pieces. It began as an interactive installation for the European Group for Organizational Studies at their conference in Barcelona and was then developed as web-based works for Ephemera, the online journal for theory and politics in organizational studies.

In 2005, as part of the Humber Mouth Literary Festival, Hull Art Lab chose the 3 text/sound pieces which constitute Do(n't) to play at half-hour intervals on the BBC's controversial Big Screen in the centre of the city of Hull.  The BBC flatly refused to allow "Orange Alert" to be screened, presumably on the grounds of political sensitiveity and public safety.  They also said that the 30-second silence with a blank white screen which I added to the end of "Auditory Warnings" specifically for this location had to be edited out because people would think the screen was malfunctioning.  Confidential report was allowed without edits and, along with Auditory Warnings, was played at regular intervals for 2 weeks. 








Click below to see and hear the 3 pieces...

Confidential incident report

Text from an incident report by an airline pilot quoted by Patterson, RD, in 'Auditory warning sounds in the work environment' quoted by Stanton and Edworthy in 'Auditory Warnings and Displays: An Overview' in Human Factors in Auditory Warnings, p5.

Orange Alert

Text from The Onion online journal, read by Dr Miguel Orgel.