disposable memory project
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Presentation at the IPA 'Game Changers' event in July 2009 on the Disposable Memory Project. For more information about the project, please visit: http://disposablememoryproject.org For more information on the talk visit: http://www.ipa.co.uk/Content/Game-Changers-Free-14th-July-2009TRANSCRIPT
Say Cheese!
This is me.
7 years. 4 days. 20%+
My work. My play.
NFP OR Non Commercial OR Fun.
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We take one of these.
Put a few instructions on it..
And then leave it somewhere
We’ve done it 170 times
In almost 45 countries
People find the cameras
“I found the camera in London at the King's Cross railway station on the Harry-Potter-platform 9+3/4”
“One of the other artists in the show, Mike Gibson, had seen one of the bags saying "Please pick me up" and had brought the camera to the gallery.”
Take a few photos...
...Then pass the camera on again
Until the film is finished...
Then we develop and share.
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Digital Photography is HUGE
Instant Gratification is.. instant
Slowing things down
Inspiration comes in many forms.
Start Locally
Spread thru Personal Network
“I think I would like to do one for Boston, and also
one for New York. Can you sort me out with some info? I have disposable
camera, and ziplock bags already.”
First non-UK drop.
And first to be found
First USA drop. First Stranger!
175 Cameras
43 Countries
Six Languages
500 Codes
174,000 miles
400 Images
Camera 29
15 days1060 miles, 4 people
California; Arizona
Camera 22
146 days12 miles, 4 peopleAmsterdam; Haarlem; Heemstede
Camera 47
96 days13,000 miles, 3 peopleCornwall; Thailand; Cambodia
Camera 38
93 days12,600 miles, 2 people
England; Cambodia
Camera 73
9 days0 miles, 2 people
Frankfurt, Germany
Camera 76
22 days0 miles, ? peopleGlasgow, Scotland
Camera 99
1 days0 miles, 4 people
Developer Day Scotland
Camera 97
19 days265 miles, 4 people
South Coast; Yorkshire
Camera 85
29 days? miles, 2 people
Morro Bay, California
Camera 59
90 days4 miles, 4 peopleSan Luis Obispo, California
Camera 134
44 days7890 miles, 4 peopleLondon; Cape Town; Jo’berg; Durban
Camera 84
82 days5300 miles, 3 people
London; San Fran; Oakland
22840London -Hong Kong -Vancouver -Montreal -Toronto -Hong Kong -
“Wherever it is, just promise me that if you get a camera full of pictures of my ex-girlfriend in union with a Spanish coastguard you won’t tell me.”
“One of the children decided to start shining the light into my eyes from across the yard. So I played a along by dodging in and out of the pillars to hide and snapped the last couple of shots on the roll as I did so.
The little girl’s parents had died in a housefire two weeks before but she was so full of life you couldn’t help liking her.”
“that cam was like a sign to say ‘you’re not alone, that will be the present for your birthday’..”
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Sometimes it doesn’t work
Why do people get involved?
A sense of community
Mystery; The Unknown
Find & Drop.
Success of a camera
Curation, Not Creation
Local Representatives
How much does it cost?
http://theplug.net/28/strangerphotos.htm
The more, the merrier
Ownership is
overrated.
If you love it,set it free.
Whuff.
Where next?
Le projet des souvenirs jetables
感謝你找到我
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