User:Eleanorg/2.1/Image ring

Asking people to embed an image on their website from the pzwart server. Any one of the participants can change the image at any time by uploading a new version. The image is synchronized across all participating websites.

The first image, of a red panda, was chosen by Jasper. track versions here: http://pzwart3.wdka.hro.nl/wiki/File:Embed.jpg

day 5

Want to explore the possibilities of personal links between the participants.

told the participants the URLs where the image is hosted - will this make them more likely to change it, or to make it context-specific?
i joined in with my own website.
i made my own change to the image - a photo of one of the participants. what effect will this have?

---later---

After an email sent to the list notifying non-participants of the project, someone who isn't participating uploaded an image - apparently unrelated to the one before. It was an image of a redacted official document; a nice response to the theme - using the participating websites to broadcast this content which had been 'prepared' for such a scenario.
This image was quickly changed, by the person whose portrait I had uploaded.
I like the social scenario of setting up this shared central resource which can be broadcast to other participants, like DIY TV.
The emphasis in this experiment is in contrast to the usual logic of aggregation, where content is pulled that mirrors users' interests (filter bubble) - instead, user is exposed to unpredictable content.
Another difference from normal aggregation is the blurring of 'endorsement' - a news feed is clearly framed as external content, but here the image is put up as part of personal blog posts etc.

day 3

currently embedded on 5 websites
Initial, tentative editing process cut off by a new participant who replaced original img with completely new one
This image in turn was totally replaced
Silvio tweets, "The Image I'm hosting for @elnornor keeps changing and I like it!"

Personal notes:

I like the repetition of the same image across multiple sites, with the variations of framing & context.
The image size could be changed using CSS, or other manipulations made in how it appears. Possibilities?
Bored with the standard mashup visual vocabulary; demonstrates well why a specific social context/investment needed
How to adapt this simple exercise to a more intimate encounter between participants and their content, with higher stakes?

day 1

Currently embedded on 3 websites.
The two portfolio websites made a special page for the embedding, contextualizing it with an explanation and reference to my name. The wiki page embeds the image alongside others, making no distinction between this image and other content.
The image has been edited twice by the same person. First the colors were changed, then another photo was collaged into the original.
One person misunderstood and hosted the image initially on their own server. Need to make clear that the img link has to be live.