The Beat
The Beat was about hope. Hope was something we hadn't had in along time living in those camps. It wasn't just hope that we could survive though, it was more. It gave us the hope that maybe we wouldn't just rebuild the world that was. Maybe we could build a new world that was even more spectacular than we had before.
On January 1, 1986, the community The Inner World, teamed with Ultracorps and their fledgling think.Net system to broadcast a concert and visual arts performance. The performance included sets by many prominent musicians including Michael Jackson and The Police. The penultimate performance of the show belonged to The Inner World's Stephen Burton and Martina Diaz. Stephen possessed the ability to manipulate sound while Martina Diaz could do the same to light. The two combined into a performance that viewers report as indescribable to anyone who did not see experience the event on think.Net. They report that sight and sound merged into a singular sensory appearance. In addition to proving hope and relief through the performances, The Beat helped showcase Ultracorps' think.Net system. The show was broadcast to many refugee camps located all over the newly formed Metro Areas.
