↓ Pieces of Sky
The work is a participatory exploration of the relation between objects, images and semantics on the internet. We created a small platform that serves as our set-up model, an engine constantly browsing the image sharing platform Flickr, extracting the latest photograph which is uploaded and tagged with "sky" and immediately publishing the result on a website, called ‘colourfulpiecesofsky.com’ (now offline).
The outcome is a piece with forever changing its visual appearance. Sometimes subtle, sometimes radical changes which altogether reveal operational modes of communication, emerging semantics and image mediation strategies. Photographers all over the world are contributing content to create a shifting, and unpredictable, impermanent but ongoing visual experience. To participate, visitors can take an image of the sky, upload it to their Flickr account and tag the image with "sky". The webpage updates every 5 seconds and always displays the latest image added.
YEAR
2011
MATERIALS
Website / Projection
IN COLLABORATION WITH
Jonas Lund
↓ Pieces of Sky
The work is a participatory exploration of the relation between objects, images and semantics on the internet. We created a small platform that serves as our set-up model, an engine constantly browsing the image sharing platform Flickr, extracting the latest photograph which is uploaded and tagged with "sky" and immediately publishing the result on a website, called ‘colourfulpiecesofsky.com’ (now offline).
The outcome is a piece with forever changing its visual appearance. Sometimes subtle, sometimes radical changes which altogether reveal operational modes of communication, emerging semantics and image mediation strategies. Photographers all over the world are contributing content to create a shifting, and unpredictable, impermanent but ongoing visual experience. To participate, visitors can take an image of the sky, upload it to their Flickr account and tag the image with "sky". The webpage updates every 5 seconds and always displays the latest image added.
YEAR
2011
MATERIALS
Website / Projection
IN COLLABORATION WITH
Jonas Lund