Packer Student Behind Silent Rave
British exchange student Jonnie Wesson, an 18 year old spending a year here in Brooklyn Heights attending Packer Collegiate Institute, is the mastermind behind the massive “silent rave” held in Union Square Park Friday night:
New York Times: For 1,000 Solo Dancers: Silent raves are popular in Europe, especially London, where he grew up, Mr. Wesson said. “The basic premise is that a hundred or a thousand or a few thousand people all turn up in a public place, turn on their own headphones and dance.”
He added: “It’s always fantastic and weird to see thousands of people dancing silently. It’s always in a public space, but it’s not meant to cause disruption, but only because it’s the last place you’d expect that sort of thing.”
Flickr photo by David Overholt
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Posted : April 20th, 2008 at 6:44 pm by Homer Fink under Fun.
Tags:Brooklyn Heights, ipod, jonnie wesson, most outrageous bhb, packer collegiate institute, rave, silent rave, union square
Comments: 10
Comments
Comment from thepeachtree
Time: April 20, 2008, 8:48 pm
How bizarrely awesome.
Comment from Chris
Time: April 20, 2008, 9:28 pm
ummm….what’s with the music? Isn’t it supposed to be silent??
Comment from elvisIII
Time: April 20, 2008, 9:34 pm
turn the sound off. Then it will be silent.
Happy 420 everyone!!!!
Comment from Beavis
Time: April 20, 2008, 10:22 pm
Lots of white people.
Comment from bhbabe
Time: April 21, 2008, 9:20 am
Yes, Beavis, his friends are from Packer! duh…
Comment from Beavis
Time: April 21, 2008, 9:54 am
Exactly my point.
Comment from Billy Reno
Time: April 21, 2008, 10:23 am
Come on people! Not ONE Obama sign?!!
These crazy kids and their wacky Pop Tart flavors!
Comment from konputer
Time: April 22, 2008, 11:51 am
Thanks for using my vid :)
I was dancing around and stuff, but I think it kinda added the excitement of the event more than just standing by and shooting - which I really didn’t want to do.
Yes, I added the music that was playing in my headphones!
But the crowdnoise was also mixed in!
Comment from clarknt67
Time: April 23, 2008, 3:28 pm
some things never change, the exchange students were trouble when I was in High School too.
Comment from Helena
Time: May 26, 2008, 1:39 am
Hey!! that’s me with the black T- shirt!!
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