the disposable memory project

A thoroughly veiled reference to the disposable memory project was written in the Times a few days back. Talking about the £50 Danger Fund, they mention the first donation which was immediately claimed back. In fairness, I didn’t want the £50 back for my own project exactly, but if it works out like that, that’s way too meta. If you’ve not seen it yet, check out the danger fund – its a brilliant idea, and with just a few quid, you could help create something special and (rowr) dangerous.

Oli mentioned a similar project to me this morning: “Pass the Camera“, a single disposable camera being sent around the world, one picture at a time. Not sure if its still running, as it launched back in 2000 – but nice nevertheless.

Three more cameras have gone into the wild today – one on the southbank, one in central london’s oxford street, and one handed to Peter from the Fifty Quid Danger Fund so he can put it somewhere of his choosing. You can find their location on the camera tracker.

I was walking along the southbank as my wife and I wanted to go and check out O2′s The Memory Project – nothing to do with our little site, but a really nice idea nonetheless. Basically, they have created a 360 view timelapse of the southbank, which is taking images right now. Inside the installation, you can view old images from the panorama’s last few days of capturing. Walking closer to the screens shows you newer images, further away, older (or vice versa). I’m not sure when its there until, but check it out – its a nice concept.

And finally, we’ve had our first request to make a DIY camera bag – all the way from Boston MA, in the US of A. Woo! Thanks Tom. Hopefully we’ll be seeing his camera location pretty soon.

ade pointed me in the direction of this page where jay at the plug has done something similar to what we’re trying to acheive – with fantastic results. he tied a disposable camera to a park bench, with a message asking people to take photos, and then developed and published the results. perfect! check out the lovely images.

thanks to ade via photojojo

i’ve applied for a little cash to cover costs from the fifty quid danger fund. its a genius idea set up in order to support public art without the red tape of ‘risk averse committees’. paradoxically, i’ve also donated £50 to support other projects – which i could have just spent on the disposable memory project, but hey, i thought, give a little, get a little. Besides, its a great project, and even if i don’t get any moolah, it’ll be great to see money going to similar ‘risky’ work.

check out the site at http://www.dangerfund.com