First artwork created 'inside' Facebook

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Hello!

Hope you don't mind but I thought I would post about a new project that is currently happening in Cumbria (Barrow-in-Furness in particular)...

The project is by an artist called James Coupe. The artwork uses status updates and profile information, from Facebook users who live in Barrow, to automatically generate video narratives. Data from Facebook is combined with related footage from YouTube and selections from a database of video portraits to create one new video each day (it all becomes much clearer when you see the videos! Which are here: http://bit.ly/9U77ZO).

The videos evolve to keep pace with how we change, both individually and collectively. The result is a dynamic snapshot of how we fit into the network of stories that we participate in every day.

This is the first artwork to be made inside Facebook.

JOIN IN:
Barrovians can join the Facebook application now: http://bit.ly/atVc6L

Everyone can view and subscribe to the daily films on YouTube:
http://bit.ly/9U77ZO

...or you can become a fan of the application and discuss the films:
http://bit.ly/a6Mj27

The project was commissioned by the AND Festival: www.andfestival.co.uk