[NetBehaviour] JPG: residency proposal

[][mez][]

got my attn + hence, vote.


At 06:11 PM 4/07/2005, you wrote:
>dear netbehaviourists
>
>I would like to propose the following residency:
>
>Joint Picture Generation (JPG)
>the composite image challenge
>
>netbehaviour residency proposal
>rich white
>
>a single .jpg which develops through list member collaboration.
>
>at the beginning of the residency i will post a .jpg to the list. this
>image will be a drawing made from scratch using photoshop. it will be a
>simple, abstract image made using just black and  white.
>list members are then invited to work on the drawing and post it back to
>the list.
>everyday i will add all list members additions to the image to create a
>composite of all collaborations and then work on the image myself,
>rearranging the imagery submitted but again only using black and white
>to make marks.
>i then post the update back to the list and the process begins again.
>this continues for the duration of the residency (2 weeks).
>
>(this is similar to the 'vs' image battles that exist on the web except
>for the fact that i will not be working a back and forth pattern (my
>turn, your turn etc...), particularly because i anticipate  having a
>number of list members inputting simultaneously, i will just mix in new
>posts as they happen.)
>
>the few rules are as follows:
>- only the resident is restricted to black and white. list members may
>add any imagery.
>- the image must remain the same dimensions in pixels.
>- the image may be transfered to flash or other vector software,
>photographed off the screen, anything list members can think of to
>manipulate the image. but it must return to the list as a .jpg.
>
>the purpose of the residency is to continually challenge me to disguise,
>transform or hide recognisable imagery from the composite mix of those
>submitted. I will try to create an image that does not remind the viewer
>of anything - this is the composite image challenge.
>after each image posting I would welcome suggestions as to what the
>image reminds you of, and try and use these as guidelines for how (or
>how not) to develop the piece.
>
>the origins of this idea come from recent thoughts about digitally
>created imagery; in particular drawing with a computer and using paint
>software as a medium for drawing, and thinking about the validity of the
>computer-made mark.
>i would like to use this residency not only to challenge myself with the
>task of drawing in this fashion, but also invite list members to submit
>their interpretation of drawing, and through this interaction to
>challenge me to make visual sense, through one image, of the multiple
>ideas submitted.
>The residency also reflects the broader aspects of my practice where I
>am exploring ideas of creating works which have no context or basis in
>our visual frame of reference. through this I am examining the processes
>of originality and value, and the creation of belief in these ideas.
>
>the end result of the residency will be a series of progressive images
>charting the development of the work, along with information on
>collaborators and the suggestions submitted.
>
>I'll leave it in your hands.
>cheers
>
>rich white
>
>http://www.counterwork.co.uk
>07812444612
>
>
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