How to amaze with Twitter

Wikipedia defines art as the “process of arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions.” It’s now possible to do this in a tweet.

The Hello Wall is a huge, interactive art installation on Wembley High Road in the UK. By tweeting @thehellowall, you can arrange elements (triangles, squares, circles, rectangles) in any way that appeals to you (shake, faster, slower, bigger, smaller and in different colors). In essence your tweet creates a work of art.

Have a look for yourself, a whole wall controllable via Twitter:

The artist duo Hellicar & Lewis created the installation on behalf of Wasted Spaces, a non-profit organization committed to transforming unloved spaces with exciting art.

The installation is designed to empower people, to allow them to have a creative input into the architectural space that they find themselves in – often without any sense of control or ownership. – Hellicar & Lewis

Besides empowering people, the artists have found an artfully social way to mix the message with the medium. And long after the installation is gone, their magic could very well be the realization that 140 characters is a much broader canvas to paint on than we once imagined.

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