| Programme > Mapping > Blast Theory  Can public spaces in the city be converted into private places through digital technology? | Rider Spoke is a collaboration with the Mixed Reality Lab at the University of Nottingham and Sony Net Services in Berlin under the auspices of the Integrated Project on Pervasive Gaming (IPerG)
Blast theory is an artist group based in London.
Location: Barbican, London, Jubilee Square, Brighton
Sponsored by Treck
Rider Spoke is both a performance and electronic game intended to explore the city and create a new layer of social communication. The project involves participants using their bikes (or one supplied by Blast Theory) which are then fitted with a handheld computer on the handlebars. Participants are given a question and are invited to look for a hiding place to record their answer. The computer acts as a positioning system and it flashes whenever the participants find an empty spot – that is where no other participant has recorded an answer- to record their answers. While roaming the city, players can also receive the questions and answers of other participants, a feature which creates a conversation within the city in which the dialogues are mediated by the game. Furthermore, the game transforms individual private experiences into shared public experience. Common Space: Using the public spaces of the city and creating a common experience with the audiences through different media | | 
