Report
Candy, along with five comrades, created the Cripplebush Ghost Tour, a project that was featured in New York's Conflux Festival in September 2007. Inspired by the Yellow Arrow project, the Cripplebush Ghost Tour combines mobile technology and local history for neighborhood fun. Over 200 stickers were placed in specific public locations in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. By texting the unique 4-digit code on the sticker, passers-by immediately received text-messaged history about the person behind their named location (Edmund Driggs of Driggs Avenue, Patrick McCarren of McCarren Park, etc). Local history brought to your cell phone!
In addition to the stickers, a guided tour was offered on September 16, 2007 as part of the Conflux Festival.
Through both guided and self-guided experiences, participants directly engage with local history, explore spaces in new ways, and use their cell phones to learn about an area originally called "Cripplebush" for the dense thickets that once dominated the landscape. Learn more on the official project website!
The crew:
Sarah Williams
Michael Wilkerson
Jennifer Kaminsky
Amanda Huron
Catherine Herdlick
Candy Chang
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