Escape Vehicle No 6, Simon Faithfull, 2004 (The Arts Catalyst)

[artscat]

@UnufcE What do you need to know?

[nixter000]

whats the sound from?

[artscat]

@nixter000 GPS

[ssoficer1]

so if i go to work and get hit in the head by a flying chair

its not gods work

[monrofay]

YOU KNOW SERIOUSLY you should take the busted leg off Toshiba's bust chair, using a shot gun make then line them up with there pants down an ram it up there asses slowly for copying you,, THEN LYING about it afterward !

[dodecadevin]

@monrofay I think you and the English language need to take some time off to get reacquainted.

[ebbtuber]

@dodecadevin oh my god! laughed til my sides hurt... but I didn't stop there... Jesus...

[redpink99]

@monrofay Hmm, well that's one way of dealing with it! But maybe we'll go with other methods ;-)

[amethystducky]

wait. if it fell, which it will do when the balloon pops; won't it hurt someone?

[artscat]

@amethystducky No, made of balsa wood and broke up into tiny very light parts. Very unlikely to hurt anyone (much more likely to get hit by a car in your street, frankly). Air traffic control and our insurers had no problems with it.

[steve1301]

@amethystducky That's was their intent, they wanted the chair to fall from the sky and kill someone.

[SebastianAureate]

Are you not infinitely offended by Toshiba's ad? Like really, I don't mean to pry, but can you give a Cole's Notes of how you handled the situation?

[95DanceStar]

i looked at the toshiba one "the making of space chair"

and they said no one has ever done this before bla blaa.

They're such a liars Faithfull should be getting money for this.

[artscat]

@95DanceStar To be fair on Toshiba, it was their advertising agency who nicked the idea. They probably never even told Toshiba. However, the lies continued for quite some time and should have been retracted immediately and graciously as soon as the truth came to light.

[Ali3nat0r]

When asked about their new ad, Toshiba's excuse was that it was the first commercial chair in space filmed in HD... and they also said that Mr Faithfull played a major part in the production of their ad despite never mentioning that before

[shootmepast]

I love it, thinking outside the box.

[CrispyPork]

So did you have any contribution/knowledge of the Toshiba at all?

[artscat]

Nope, not til we were sent the youtube link.

[windmirror]

WTF IS THAT SHITTING NOISE.

TwoOOOO WAZAZAZZZAZZZ

[CT1EAT]

The "noise" are packet radio frames, what is an amateur radio version of X25 protocol, aka AX25. On the 80/90's radio amateurs used it to live chat, file transfer and even to relay msg via satellite, just as much as internet nowdays. It was pretty cool! Regards CT1EAT

[emmalouise99]

@CT1EAT Thanks for the info. I love the packet radio frame "soundtrack" I still get such chills just thinking about how amazing an achievement it is that we can send ourselves information from the edge of our atmosphere!

[teooo]

So, what do you do when it falls on someone's head?

[artscat]

Call our insurers. (Seriously though, it was incredibly light and the odds were so small that the insurers and the CAA had not problem with it)

[PuudaMaggui]

WAAWAAWEEWOO!!!!

[BlueOceanBelow]

Everyone who reads this, please post Simon Faithfull's name on the Toshiba chair video of your choice. I just did. Credit where credit's due!

[tannus5]

wow, toshiba fails. nice work being the first ones doin this btw :D u shuld sue toshiba!!!

[stepshep]

Can't hold a copyright to an idea my dear.

[tannus5]

really? oh well thats sucks

[RobTFirefly]

You can copyright a particular presentation of an idea such as a film, and Toshiba's one is a near total remake of this.

[prjktz]

congratulations!!!

and what a shame for Toshiba

[hgfjzsdfvtewhwegvc]

На хера орбиту засерать?

[artscat]

Я не говорю русского. Не орбита, верхняя атмосфера.

[Artsev]

@hgfjzsdfvtewhwegvc 30 км это не орбита, орбита с 500

[mervynmurque]

Hi Artscat, it is great to see the original here. I think this brings up all sorts of issues about copyrighting ideas but it was wrong of Toshiba to try and claim this as a first.. It's good to see you use the power of YouTube and twitter to highlight these issues in a way not possible with previous cases like this. If it cost you 5000 pounds to do this in 2004 and 3m in 2009for Toshiba and Grey, then you deserve some of their marketing budget by way of balance!

[stepshep]

First COMMERCIAL. Not first chair in the upper reaches of the atmosphere. Just first COMMERCIAL.

[artscat]

Assume you're talking about Toshiba's new ad.

[piggyotoSUSHI]

how come you guys reuploaded this?

[artscat]

Request from the artists for a small alteration.

[pipoquercia]

How do you get back your camera?

[artscat]

We never did! It came down somewhere near Wye in Kent, but it was never handed in.

[redpink99]

Wow, amazing!

[artscat]

Made of balsa wood and broke up in the air. Prior permission received from aviation authorities and air traffic control to launch it. Thanks for comment.

[gyddrftggggvbhf]

Good idea, but rather irresponsible over an inhabited area. It could have hit someone when it fell. Isn't it illegal to drop objects from aircraft?