About The People Speak
‘The People Speak’ are an art collective that develops fun and engaging ways to get people talking, imagining and creating public art and public space together.
The artists' ongoing projects include: Talkaoke – a mobile public talk-show; Who Wants to Be – a spontaneous democratic game-show; and One Night Grandstand – a have-a-go sports commentary road-show. Using these projects as starting points, they continue to develop new projects with the communities they meet.
Mikey Weinkove (pictured) and Saul Albert are co-founders of The People Speak with Ricardo Sleiman, Wojciech Kosma, Hektor Kowalski, Zsolti Balogh and Asia Bas.
Mikey is an artist and chat show host. He is the inventor of Talkaoke and has toured the world hosting it in a huge variety of contexts, from high-profile cultural institutions such as the Tate Modern, London and the Edinburgh Festival to regular residencies in cafes and bars. He has been touring with Talkaoke since 1997 and is an expert chairperson for any debate. He knows how to get a conversation going in a compelling but non-confrontational manner.
Saul Albert is an artist and technologist from London whose work developed from the intersection of net art, DIY culture and the Free Software Movement in the 90s and he continues to develop forms of participatory culture, technology and governance.
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“We've just been given the use of an old laundry room by Swan Housing which we're converting into a studio. Our plan is to be there on a weekly basis – turning ideas we've heard from people into visualisations and videos of the potential future of Craylands.”
Saul Albert, The People Speak
