Wow, as someone that loves to see old technologies and principles being applied in creative (and unexpected) new ways, I have to say I was definitively impressed by Dialtones (A Telesymphony).

As designers, we always struggle with the balancing act of attempting to create new “works of art” that follow some basic principles, yet attempt to be one step forward from our “previous piece”, always forcing ourselves to be creative within the boundaries of both technological and business limitations (and requirements).

Keeping those technological and technical limitations in mind, the team behind Telesymphony realized that nowadays most of us carry with us a musical instrument – our cell phones. So what they did was to create a large-scale concert performance where they choreographed the ringing of the audience’s phones. The process they followed was asking participants to register their phone so that specific ringtones could be transmitted to their phones and certain seats would be assigned. During the concert, the participant’s phones are dialed up by live performers and the results are quite interesting.

And as with most art, it’s hard to describe it in words, so here’s a video excerpt. Enjoy!