Traffic Talks
Traffic Talks is a continuous
performance in the public space. Eight cars act as carriers of letters and
words. The words are constructed so that they are visible from great distance
for anyone present in the daily traffic. The order of the cars determines the
meaning of the words. The traveler – walking, driving, sitting in a train –
sees the words go by or appear in the distance and starts to associate, to
create sentences. He travels in the mind, becomes a bit of a poet himself.
Traffic Talks is a visual
poetry-project linking to advertisement, poetry, typography, traffic movements
and film. It is a site specific project: the location determines what you see
and read.
Traffic Talks was first presented
in june 2001 at the Rotterdam Poetry International Festival.