Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The Lost Camera Project

Hidey Ho, neighbours! It's Rhi to the O here.
How are we all?

So, we're mixing it up this time round. The basic prompt is disposable cameras, and you can do with that whatever you want.
But we also have a specific, hmmm, I guess you would call it a task, for you to all play along with.

I started this flickr group, called The Lost Camera Project. The idea is similar to Crochet/Knit tagging, if you have ever dabbled in these things.

You crochet/knit something, and put it somewhere, maybe around a lamp post, or a traffic light, perhaps a bin, wherever you can think of. The world has been made brighter through this home made guerilla art movement.
You can even add a tag to your tag, as a form of independant advertising!

So the premise of the Lost Camera, is you take one disposable camera, you add a tag to it with your return address/instructions, you take the first picture, then send it out into the world. When the camera is up, the last person to get a hold of it, sends it back to the return address/develops the camera and uploads the results to the flickr group.

Crazy? Yes. Risky? Yes. Potential for exciting results? Hell yes!
(Sidenote: After I had created and started this group, I was informed about this existing art project. Which, clearly, is a bigger version of this baby project! I still believe the flickr project could see some exciting results :))

I released my first lost camera in Swansea, UK city centre last week sometime.




I love all things grassroots and independant. Things that can encourage anyone and everyone to participate in an art movement. So I'd love for this group to fill up with shots of the cameras going out, and then the results of these cameras.
It is a project filled with hope.
Go to the group for extra info, and please, send your lost cameras into the world!

27 comments:

Pretty Arty said...

love this project! I'm going to flickr right away!

Carmen said...

I love this idea! Will go get a camera when I'm next down town :D Count me in!

Carmen said...

My partner just said he knows what people round here would take pictures of... ummm, maybe I'll drop mine quite a bit away from the house! :D :D

*shimmer* said...

hope it can reach me here in the Philippines =)

cinnibonbon said...

EXCELLENT. One very cool idea.

j. wilson said...

fun times! we did these back when nervousness.org was working. it's really interesting to see what other people see. how neat to have a photo group through flickr. much better than our old yahoo groups. looking froward to what develops!

Anonymous said...

i love it!!! i just joined the flickr group. i'm heading to downtown philadelphia tomorrow and will leave a camera-so cool, thanks!!

Jennifer Matott (Sigmagirl) said...

LOVE this idea! I'm soooo doing it! I might leave mine in or near a supermarket and see what happens!

Diana D said...

Love this- sounds really fun. I am going to try this when I walk the 3Day in San Francisco this October!

Sasha said...

are you guys going to be doing any other prompts?

Curlywiggles said...

i let my 'lost camera' at a Coach Terminal in Southampton, UK. Lets hope the pictures show up on Flickr!

Camila Borssoi said...

It´s a nice ideia! But idon´t know if it would work here in Brazil, maybe i give a try.

Unknown said...

An amazing, inspiring, totally worthwhile project. I love how the internet and photos can transcend time and geography. I'm going to investigate this flickr group!

Anonymous said...

Are you guys going to keep posting prompts? I just learned about your site, and love the idea of doing bi-weekly art challenges.

Nubiasnonsense said...

Very Very cool project, I would be so curious to see what goes on flickr

tara pollard pakosta said...

are you guys ever coming back?! MISS YOU! tara
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Lyndsay Almeida said...

this is so exciting...and genius!

Unknown said...

love this!

kate maggie said...

i love this so much! i did a project just like this a couple years ago. SO much fun.

Anonymous said...

That's such a neat idea!

Courtney Jane said...

Brilliant! i adore this.

Anonymous said...

Love it. Sooo so into it. :)

Meal Replacement said...

Sounds like such a fun project to do. I am heading over to flicker now and see how this project went.

My CoCoon Vintage said...

Love this idea. Inspiring strangers to be creative on a whim and get involved. Very Cool!

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maggeygrace said...

OH MY GOSH! This is sooo amazing! I want to do something like this! It's so creative and amazing!

Victoria said...

I adore it! I really want to try this. Ha! I'm just a little worried what the photos will turn out to be, living in a college town...

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