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The Secret Life of Cumbria
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folly has commissioned creative technology agency Blink to allow members of the public to collectively write the story of “the Secret Life of Cumbria”, one text message at a time. The new Secret Life of Cumbria project centres around what will become a year-long communal diary on the website www.secretlife.org.uk, written by each of the people who take part, using text messages or the website itself. Funded by Cumbria County Council to research into people’s attitudes to culture in the county, the Secret Life of Cumbria is at once an art project, a website, and a collective expression of the views, feelings, thoughts and memories of Cumbria’s residents and visitors.
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Forest of Imagined Beginnings
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In the Forest of Imagined Beginnings there are no clear rules or objectives. It is simply an online landscape that is vulnerable to the whims and wants of the digi_club community who can adopt this digital terrain as their own. This new multi-user online environment – a new kind of forum or chat room - invites 12 -16 year olds to navigate and explore a beautiful landscape. digi_club members can explore the forest, embedding their own messages within the landscape and attaching conversations to trees planted by the artists.
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Network workshop - Mark Dixon
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This online workshop, developed for VELOCITY 2007, provides step by step instructions on how to create a network of solar powered devices which respond to the ever increasing wireless clouds of information that surround us.Image: Mark Dixon - ‘Network’, 2007 read more
f.wish by boredomresearch
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 boredomresearch are interested in engaging communities online through contemplative and rewarding experiences. With f.wish they present an alternative to your average forum.Inspired by the Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees in Hong Kong, if your wish hangs in the tree it will come true. Try your luck and submit a wish! www.folly.co.uk/wish |
Areas of Outstanding Natural Banality - Adele Prince
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 Artist Adele Prince is encouraging people to seek out beauty in the everyday, to take pictures using their camera phones and upload them to a special Flickr group where they can be shared worldwide. Grab your camera phone and get snapping! Or check out what others have posted: www.folly.co.uk/adeleprince Prince is a London-based artist who explores how people interact with each other and the spaces around them. She is fascinated by daily gestures and rituals and often works covertly to capture these actions. |
