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Video: What Happens When Brooklyn Is Given A Megaphone


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Jen Carlson

Published Nov 26, 2011

Modified Nov 26, 2011


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Published Nov 26, 2011

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Earlier this month the BEAT team, whose mission it is to create a platform for breakthrough contemporary performance art created in Brooklyn, set up a megaphone in five different locations around the borough. The podium and megaphones were at Prospect Park, Atlantic Center, Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Promenade, and the Brooklyn Flea. Below, check out how they were used... and stand in awe of how many aspiring beatboxers there are out there!

[BEAT Brooklyn via FIPS]

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Jen Carlson

Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.

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