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Posting our image archives online we are aware of the fact that other people can access them. But to what extent we care if they do?
When the images are shown in different context, what happens to them? How far are you willing to let your images be reappropriated? "the album" is a screensaver that pulls images from the net, using standard digital cameras' naming conventions as the search criteria. For example, searching for IMG_0123.jpg will result in a series of images that have been most likely taken with Canon Ixus or PowerShot digital cameras, and posted on the net without bothering with the changing of the filenames to describe the image. Below are few samples of such random searches. You can click on the image to see a little larger version, and by reloading this page, new set of images are displayed. "the album" is a framed as a screensaver, because of its function as being in the background, showing glimpses of the everyday life around the world. Fragments of people's lives captured for their friends and family to see. The project got inspiration from http://www.diddly.com/random/ -website, which converts the Google image search engine to random personal picture finder. I simply looked into the JavaScript code to create these random search keywords, and integrated it to the screensaver, creating an ever-changing personal image gallery combinging hundreds of thousands of people's image databases.
Click here to test drive the album. |
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