Flash mob

By Edin_Ana

  • Theatre peice no 1

    Theatre peice no 1
    1952 performance of Theater Piece No. 1 at Black Mountain College by John Cage,

  • Happening

    Happening
    art picnic at George Segal's farm

  • First Eurpoean Happening

    First Eurpoean Happening
    1960, Jean-Jacques Lebel oversaw and partook in the first European Happening L'enterrement de la Chose in Venice

  • First UK Happening

    First UK Happening
    Poet and painter Adrian Henri claimed to have organized the first happenings in England in Liverpool in 1962,[14] taking place during the Merseyside Arts Festival

  • first documentation of "Happenings"

    first documentation of "Happenings"
    Michael Kirby, Happenings: An Illustrated Anthology, scripts and productions by Jim Dine, Red Grooms, Allan Kaprow, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Whitman (New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1965).

  • Flash Crowd written

    Flash Crowd written
    "Flash Crowd" is a 1973 English language novella by science fiction author Larry Niven, one of a series about the social consequence of inventing an instant, practically free transfer booth that could take one anywhere on Earth in milliseconds.

  • First politcal Happening

    First politcal Happening
    a student-based happening movement Orange Alternative founded by Major Waldemar Fydrych became known for its much attended happenings (over 10 thousand participants at one time) aimed against the military regime led by General Jaruzelski and the fear blocking the Polish society ever since the Martial Law had been imposed in December 1981

  • Critical Mass events

    Critical Mass events
    Huge groups of people arranging to meet up and cycle together in the USA, spread throughout the globe over the next few years

  • Participatory group project

    Participatory group project
    n 2002, Charlie Todd launched the participatory group project Improv Everywhere with an event known as “No Pants Subway Ride” Day in the New York City subway.

  • Smart Mob

    Smart Mob
    Rhiengold describes this as a group that, contrary to the usual connotations of a mob, behaves intelligently or efficiently because of its exponentially increasing network links, enabling people to connect to information and others, allowing a form of social coordination.

  • First use of the term flash mob

    First use of the term flash mob
    Macy’s department store in New York City
    Arranged by Wasik via e-mail invites, more than 130 people gathered around an expensive rug on the ninth floor of Macy’s under the premise that the group was shopping for a “love rug” to decorate their warehouse space in the outskirts of New York.

  • First Eurpoean Flash Mob

    First Eurpoean Flash Mob
    First European flash mob meet up was held in Rome, over 300 people arrived at the same bookstore and began asking about nonexistent book titles.

  • First corporate usage of the flash mob

    First corporate usage of the flash mob
    THIS FORD PROMOTED A SERIES OF CONCERTS CALLED THE FUSIUON FLASH CONCERTS

  • Moldova demonstration initiated through Twitter

    Moldova demonstration initiated through Twitter
    Twitter to organize a protest was in the aftermath of Moldova's April 2009 election. With the victorious Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova accused of fraud and rigging the outcome, protest marches were organized. These demonstrations descended into chaos and became a riot, with buildings set ablaze, government offices ransacked, and shops looted.

  • First use of the term "Flash Rob"

    First use of the term "Flash Rob"
    The first criminal practice of flash mob - 20 people filed into a high-end jeans store iWashington D.C. and managed to get away with $20,000 in stock

  • London Riots organised through BBM

    London Riots organised through BBM
    The events were also called "BlackBerry riots" because people used mobile devices and social media to organize. Hundreds of people came together to join in a spontaneous rioting