Flickr Peep Show
Mobile phone or internet social networks by means of visual communication linked through mob tags and or keywords... what?!
The second Mediamatic exhibition on the ground floor of the Post CS building is about flickr.com, the photo sharing website developed by Ludicorp. Until the 18th of June.
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Mei ’05 - jun ’05: “Mobiele telefonie of internet sociale netwerken door middel van visuele communicatie verbonden door mob tags en/of kernwoorden... wat?!” Flickr Peepshow was de tweede tentoonstelling op de begane grond van het, nu gesloopte, Post CS gebouw. De ruiten waren, op miniscule gaatjes na, bedekt waardoor je de installatie kon zien. Het publiek stuurde per sms kernwoorden naar de server, die Flickr afbeeldingen terugzond met dezelfde tags. Een alledaags instrument werd gebruikt om de schermen te beïnvloeden en zelfs te beheren. Het publiek werd zo onderdeel van het werk, ‘performing’ de installatie.
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WillemThe Exhibition
Besides simply being a free server for digital photos, flickr has been able to create social networks of amateurs and professionals linked through photographs. The connections could be photographic locations, tags, techniques or composition, but are always warm, fuzzy and friendly.
1 mei t/m 18 juni 2005, Flickr Peep Show
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The shop window style of the previous Mediamatic exhibition was replaced by keyhole viewing; the windows were blocked except for certain gaps into which a visitor can peer to see the Mediamatic flickr installation.
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Users could interact with the installation by text messaging tags (keywords) to the server, after which the photographs on flickr tagged with those specific keywords started showing up on the screens of the the installation.
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During the opening of the exhibition on May 1st, Martin Butler's performance Ritter, Dene, Voss was to be seen.
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Mediamatic Exhibition 2005, photo by Nadya Peek
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May 05 - Jun 05: "Mobile phone or internet social networks by means of visual communication linked through mob tags and or keywords… what?!" Flickr Peepshow was the second exhibition on the ground floor of the Post CS building. The windows were covered up except for keyholes you could peek through to view the installation. Viewers texted keywords to the server, and the server would send flickr pictures back that carried the same tags. An everyday tool is used to affect and control the screens. The viewer becomes part of the work, 'performing' the installation.
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winand
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