User:Mihail Bakalov/Trimester 3/READING, WRITING AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES/Essay whatitis

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The installation is an internet platform for collecting image material recorded by people during the event. It has two elements - a website and a projection in the exhibition space. It serves as a documentation of the experience participants had in the gallery space. People choose to share their videos for free or get paid for each recording. The projection is split in two. One is for people who decide to donate videos for free and another for paid participation. This projection acts as a local social platform for sharing videos. Any one is being able to download the non-profit video collection from the website - have to fit up an explanation that the projection is a website. The visitors of the exhibition receive a leaflet explaining the project and instructions how to use the video platform. Anyone with a smartphone can go to this website and record videos in the exhibition space. Participants choose whether to share their videos for free or to get paid for them. The recordings are uploaded to a cloud server and then beamed on a screen. This project makes use of the need people have to socialize and share experiences. It puts a person between the decision to share their content for free or to be paid for their labor. Self motivation driven by the need to be part of a community, to have social connections.