[murmur]

2003-ongoing

Kensington Market and the Annex, Toronto
Chinatown, Vancouver
St-Laurent Blvd, Montreal

[murmur] is an audio storytelling and archival project, using first-person narratives to share location-specific stories, delivered by mobile phone and on the web.

In three neighborhoods in Canada 's three largest cities -- Toronto , Vancouver and Montreal -- green [murmur] signs (featuring a telephone number and unique code) indicate the availability of stories.  By dialing the number with your mobile phone and entering the code, you can hear one or more short stories about the place where you're standing.  The stories are heard in the storyteller's own voice, and are personal and anecdotal in nature: highlighting the "hidden" stories of the city.  They serve as another layer, complementing the "official" history of the city and its neighborhoods.  [murmur] offers you insight into others' experiences of places which maybe be new to you, or about which you may have many of our own stories.  We believe that these stories are what establish an intimacy with, and sense of belonging in, a place.  [murmur] stories are also available online on our web sites (murmurtoronto.ca, murmurvancouver.ca, murmure.ca), in order for these stories to be accessible by those who aren't able to physically visit these neighborhoods.

Current Contact Info:

Shawn Micallef, James Roussel and Gabe Sawhney
http://murmurtoronto.ca
http://murmurvancouver.ca
http://murmure.ca
info@murmurtoronto.ca
info@murmurvancouver.ca
info@murmure.ca

How To Get Involved:

We're collecting stories on an ongoing basis -- if anyone's interested in contributing a story (or, indeed, volunteering to collect others' stories), please have them get in touch with us.