In 1979, Nan Goldin began showing a series of slides in public. Photos of her friends, her lovers, herself. Bodies in unmade beds, made-up faces in smoky bars, embraces in tiny kitchens, gazes lost in bathroom mirrors. The series is…
Tag: Observation
Constraint of the Week: The Absurd Object
The Absurd Object, Constraint #73 Place a completely incongruous object in every room of your home or office. Wait for someone to notice. Say nothing. Reference artist(s): Marcel Duchamp. The protocol Select one object per room… the incongruity must be…
Constraint of the Week: The Three-Hour Bench
The Three-Hour Bench, Constraint #68 Choose a public bench. Sit down. Stay for exactly three hours. Observe. Don’t read, don’t look at your phone. Just be there. Reference artist(s): Tehching Hsieh. The protocol Choose a bench in a busy place……
Sophie Calle, the Art of Following Others
In 1979, Sophie Calle follows a stranger in the street. She doesn’t know him. She won’t speak to him. She photographs him from a distance, notes his movements, reconstructs his day. When he disappears into the metro, she loses him……
Constraint of the Week: Eyes Everywhere
Eyes Everywhere, Constraint #65 Draw eyes on every round object in your home… stickers, sticky notes, dry-erase markers. Live for a week with this house that watches you. Reference artist(s): Agnès Varda. The protocol Walk around your home. Identify all…
Under the Hood: The Database and the Constraint Generator
The OuViePo generator works like a real digital exquisite corpse: parameters are drawn at random first, then the system finds the matching constraint. A look at the technical architecture.