(CLL) PHN-LCKN '06
a 32 foot storage unit, to protect partygoers from their own cellphones
LVHRD’s first ever (CLL) PHN-LCKN event held at MoMA with PopRally featured a large turnout last Tuesday, November 7th.
On that crowded night, LVHRD staff, donning white tyvek suits, confiscated nearly 1000 cell phones from the attendees. Devices were stored on a 32 foot wall temporarily installed in the museum. In exchange for their phones, guests received a medical bracelet with coordinates indicating their phone’s placement on the wall. And for that one night, they experienced a brief respite from the modern-day mainstay: the cellular phone.
Art rock back Les Savy Fav contributed to the cause by playing a surprise private concert. And lead vocalist, Tim Harrington, actually snuck away from the the stage, in full black burglar garb, mind you, only to return with replica art pieces from MoMA’s current OUT OF TIME contemporary exhibition.
(CLL) PHN-LCKN was actually a two-fold event designed to cause reflection to the impact of cell phone use in social interaction, as well as to raise awareness for group epidemics such as SMC, a dangerous disease connected to the radiation emitted from cell phones. Licensed physician, Dr. Mark Marmalard, was present to make a speech on the behalf of LVHRD, alerting guests of this little known condition.
