The Tweeture

The Tweeture is a giant robot and a monster whose practice usually focuses on smashin' things up.

However, in the past few days The Tweeture he has been forced to reconsider: having been given the honour of going to SXSWi to squash the tiny people with their stupid laptops, he was disappointed to arrive in Texas (due to a regrettable miscalculation) only 12 inches high.

The frightened and embarrassed Tweeture has been rescued from his desperate situation and adopted by The Umbrella Group.

The group have promised to make sure he is well looked after, introduce him to as many people as possible and get his new friends to teach him about being caring and kind. He has also made everyone promise that no one will stand on him by mistake.

On his return to the other Tweetures he hopes to spread the word about how friendly and interesting people are, starting a new era in monster-human relations. In the future no one will get stood on or eaten (or get the bloody maths wrong about how big things are).

Talk to the Tweeture at http://twitter.com/thetweeture. Use #thetweeture for pictures, videos, blogs etc.

How to play

Help The Umbrella Group look after The Tweeture by playing Can You Love a Monster?
All you have to do is find The Tweeture and ask if you can look after him. Look after him well and you will get points. The person with the most points wins. Simple.

* Follow @thetweeture on Twitter. This will tell you who he is hanging out with and what he is doing.

* When you spot him around Austin, take him off of his old friend and send the code you see on The Tweeture’s screen as an @reply to @thetweeture. Like this: @thetweeture 1234

* Now you are his new best friend. Go and do cool stuff with him. Take him places, give him lots of hugs and talk to him on Twitter.

* All of these things will get you points. More importantly, you will keep The Tweeture happy. Keep him happy and you get more time to earn points.

* You can tell what he’s feeling like by the colour of his antennae. just Green is happy, Green and Red is ok but Red is fed up. Don’t even ask about blue.

* Watch out, The Tweeture gets bored easily. Eventually he will want to meet someone else. When he gets like this, you’ll know about it.

* The better mood The Tweeture is in when you pass him on, the more points you get.

* Oh, and take him back to The Umbrella Group when he gets tired.

Credits
The Tweeture is produced by SlingShot with Hazel Grian and GreenGinger.
It is executive produced by iShed and supported by Arts Council England.

Oct201022

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Tweeture’s Tweets: 2010-10-21 to 2010-10-21

This fog seems to shroud everything! i'm looking down burt cannot see you tiny #SFO snack people

Mar201020

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Tweeture’s Tweets: 2010-03-19 to 2010-03-19

http://twitpic.com/19l2r6 – Gone native!
What sort of person leaves me here like this? Help! Help!
Let's go, this place gives me a rash.
hey @peas4luck I am bored
Do somethin to entertain me, I'm fallin asleep here.
Somebody pick me up! Is this any way to treat a vertically challenged monster?
Help me! Pick me up! I know…this is embarrassing for [...]

Mar201019

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Tweeture’s Tweets: 2010-03-18 to 2010-03-18

Hellooo? Can somebody come and pick up the cruelly abandoned Tweeture on aisle 6 please?
Look, if I fall over, help me up will you?
Ouch! I'm all cwunched!
Help! Vertically challenged monster abandoned over here!
@peas4luck just cos I'm little and look like a freak to you, doesn't mean you should ignore me!
Aagh! That really hurt!
I'm all cwunched [...]

Mar201018

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Tweeture’s Tweets: 2010-03-17 to 2010-03-17

http://twitpic.com/19399d – Hey looky looky I met @ev thanks for the voice daddio #uksxsw
@peas4luck what do you mean you found a new date? I wanna go home where are we? in reply to peas4luck
@peas4luck I wanna go home will you ask @donnybronson to come get me?
What's the use of any of this? I don't get [...]

Mar201017

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Tweeture’s Tweets: 2010-03-16 to 2010-03-16

Ouch! I'm all cwunched!
Help! I can't see a thing!
Owww!
That hurt! I'm not a grouch but back home I'd be biting something's head off right now.
Could you just adjust me a little please so I'm more comfy? I think my arm is broken.
Ow jeez @anoopr I feel ouch!
This is embarrassing but could you just make me [...]

Mar201016

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Tweeture’s Tweets: 2010-03-15 to 2010-03-15

Somebody pick me up! Is this any way to treat a vertically challenged monster?
Uh huh. Yeh. OK. Now that really hurt.
hey @Edling I am bored
What's the use of any of this? I don't get it.
Help! I can't see a thing!
Ouch! I'm all cwunched!
Mate can we move on @Edling? This is doin my head in, I'd [...]

Mar201015

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Tweeture’s Tweets: 14th March 2010

Summarising Tweeture’s day through his Twitter feed:

gamestart neglected me. I’m a high maintenance monster.
I hear you but I can’t see a thing from here.
Retweet: @siiimon 8077 Hey little fella. Not not feeling too good? Come along to the web awards and we’ll get you some tea. #uksxsw
Can you explain that in terms a vertically challenged [...]

Mar201014

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Tweeture’s Tweets: 13the March 2010

Summarising Tweeture’s day through his Twitter feed:

I’m all cwunched up, can you move me please?
Look, if I fall over, help me up will you?
I hear you but I can’t see a thing from here.
Retweet: @phylisebanner we are at the recharge lounge
The green one on your friend’s bag.. He’s my cousin!
Owww!
Ouch! I’m all cwunched!
Tweetures are not [...]

Mar201013

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Tweeture’s Tweets: 12th March 2010

Summarising Tweeture’s day through his Twitter feed:

Some new friends have taken me to a talk ‘A touchy history of the future’. I keep getting touched. http://twitpic.com/1860jc
@billt my first friend in Texas. You’re awesome and I won’t bite you.
http://twitpic.com/185gsh – Made it to SXSWi! Already gettin some monster love!!
http://twitpic.com/185f1p – Taxi to the convention centre [...]

Mar201011

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Tweeture’s Tweets: 10th March 2010

Summarising Tweeture’s day through his Twitter feed:

Don’t make me hungry, you wouldn’t like me when I’m hungry.
If you are tryin to butter me up with offers of friendship an stop me destroyin SXSWi, snot workin. GRRRR!
I DO NOT NEED LOVE – I AM A MONSTER!
Follow you? Why would I follow you? Wait a minute, are [...]

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