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So. Here we are. Forever dancing. Spinning. Lets see what else there is.

MICE | Disposable Movement | FLOWERS

1. DISPOSABLE MOVEMENT

History: I went to SXSW in 2009 armed with 20 disposable cameras. There were simple instructions written on them:

  1. Develop and Scan the pictures.
  2. Upload them to Flickr.com
  3. Tag the photos with #disposablemovement.
I gave the cameras to all kinds of people. Cops, bands, people on the street, people I talked to, people I didn't talk to, and so on. Only 2 pictures were uploaded to flickr, and they were incorrectly tagged.

I realized I had read too many books about the internet and was being all techno-utopian. I thought an interesting online community would develop around those who uploaded pictures.

That is what the project was originally about: connecting people who would have otherwise never met. They were at the same location and had a similar experience, but had not interacted.

I thought it would be interesting for these individuals to 'meet' and get to know each other online, via pictures. People would probably add each other on facebook and perhaps even meet up in person.

The epic failure of this experiment brought me back to reality.

NOW:

In 2010 I decided to just slap a stamp and address on them. They are slowly trickeling into my mailbox. Frightened Kites are developing and scanning the pictures. Pictures are being uploaded to www.disposablemovement.com.

Frightened Kites are currently deploying people to select festivals with disposable cameras. Bonnaroo is up next.

Strangers taking pictures:

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