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July 12, 2005

Flickr Peep Show

flickr_peepshow.jpgHere's an interesting installation: a Flickr-enabled piece that prompts viewers to type and submit keywords from their mobile phones. Looking thru the peep holes will then reveal projected photos matching the keywords.

I think the reason why things like this are so exciting to me, is that uses of SMS such as this allow web content to break free from tiny mobile/PDA screens. The canvas can be a screen in a museum, or a jumbotron billboard, so in a sense they behave like remote controllers for the internet.

Posted by Andy at July 12, 2005 01:27 PM

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I think any time the internet is viewed in a public arena it automatically takes on this otherworldly quality because it's being viewed outside of the norm. The interesting thing about these peepshows is that it's still private viewing, but in a public setting. Very strange indeed. Nice find.

Posted by: Martin [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 13, 2005 11:39 AM

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