Laptop Connections was a performance/installation that took place in the Masarykovo Railway Station in Prague.  Organized by the OISTAT Sound Working group, the event was meant to be a collaboration between a group of Sound Designers physically in Prague sharing sounds via the internet with partners around the globe.  The goal was a collaborative sonic event with participants from around the world moving sounds back and forth with live amplification at the Prague end.   Five groups of Sound Designers gathered in the Masarykovo Railway Station on Monday afternoon, armed with laptop computers and small self-powered speakers.  They were to be connected via wireless internet to their partner(s).    Unfortunately, the internet connections were intermittent at best so the event turned into five solo sound performances with little bits of exchange with the outside participants.

Photos of the event can be found here .

An audio mix created from a binaural recording of the entire event can be found here.

The participants were :

Steven Brown  (UK)  - prime mover

Iveta Sochorová (CZ) - Czech coordinator

Davin Huston (USA) - technical guru

Cait Janapol (USA) - on-site assistance

Jason Ducat (USA) - on-site assistance

Nancy Tobin (Canada) - planning and support

Gregg Fisher (UK) - planning and support

Shahrokh Yadegari (USA) and Michael Dessen (USA - San Diego)

Vincent Olivieri (USA) and Daniel Baker (USA - NYC)

Karen Hay (UK) & Patrick Lauke (UK) and Kris Popat (UK - Leeds)

Cliff Caruthers (USA) & Kristin Miltner (USA- San Francisco)

Richard Thomas (USA), Ron Shoemaker (USA), Rob James (USA), & Jason Ducat (USA) and  Dave Swenson (USA), Ian Hunter (USA),  Matt Brisbin (USA), Andrea Cohen (France), Wiska Radkiewicz (France), Fabian Winkler (Germany), Harald F. Mueller (Germany), La Muse En Circuit (France).