In my mind, one’s personal phone photo archive might be the most intimate look into their lives and how they see the world. I have thousands of pictures that I’ve taken on my phone. Some are are of friends, some are of strangers, some aren’t of people at all. Some are for me, some are for family, and some are for girls that I’m trying to woo. In the case of xyxx, David McLaughlin and Kimberly Warner, two ‘slightly twisted lovers,’ their correspondence is based completely in phone pictures. Instead of emails or text messages, these two communicate in photographs — as they put it, ‘an ever evolving game of tag with no rules or expectations except to simply be present, and that’s the beauty of it.’
The photos they’ve come away with are often nothing more than a little girl dancing, or a streetlamp in the night. They manipulate the photos in their phone applications, but that’s about it. They’ve come away with some stunning images, and it’s a beautiful project that stands on legs of its own as they share it with the world. They have an art show and a book coming out on September 2nd. See some of the pictures along with the flyer after the jump.
The Wilderness Downtown
Could Arcade Fire be any hotter right now? I mean, we’re all for pushing the boundaries of music and multimedia…but seriously, could you leave some creative projects for the rest of us? YOU’RE MAKING US LOOK BAD.
Earlier this month the crew from Montreal were busy selling out Madison Square Garden and bringing on Terry Gilliam and all his quirky charm to run the webcast. Now they’re working with Google to bust out some cutting edge HTML 5 interactivity. If you’re running Chrome as your browser, absolutely do give this a spin…and don’t worry about the pop-ups. It’s all part of the show.