Pocket Pictures
Pocket Pictures was a moblogging project run by Liverpool John Moores University’s , International Centre for Digital Content(ICDC).The aim of the project was to engage 8 diverse community groups across Liverpool and encourage participants to celebrate their individuality, identity and culture through enabling them to create a series of pictures taken with a mobile phone and upload them onto a specially designed website.
An interface was then designed specifically for exhibition on the Big Screen Liverpool that overlaid the photos as floating, polaroid-shaped thumbnails upon the built-in live camera feed. The database of snaps appeared in a random, updated sequence taking the form of miniature polaroids, bobbing and drifting upon the built-in live camera feed. Pedestrian movement caused the images to swell and expand, so if a person reached out and grabbed a chosen image, after a few seconds it would ‘pop open’ as a larger version for viewing before shrinking back to join its jealous pals.
The project was funded by Liverpool, European Capital of Culture’s Innovation and Development programme which aims to increase access to Liverpool’s diverse arts media through partnerships and participation using innovative approaches. Contributing groups included Powerhouse Foyer, Liverpool Arabic Arts Centre and the Greenhouse Project.
The below video shows how picture selection is possible. The interface here was designed for a related project with Alt Valley Vision, although the same principle applies. Wave your arms in the air like you just don’t care…