July 2010
9 posts
WE GOT OUR FIRST CAMERA BACK
I repeat: We got our first camera back! After two weeks of distributing cameras, I was starting to think that this project was never going to happen. Then I got home, saw the envelope, and freaked out.
At the very least, we’ll have one roll of images to display! Tomorrow I will head to Ritz Camera, our sponsor, to print the images.
It’s so odd to me — this is my camera, my...
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Handing out cameras
5 cameras were left at City Soles today. They were incredibly friendly and excited to see the cameras go out.
I also left another 20 cameras with various stores to put out on their counter on various days throughout the next 2 weeks. Stay tuned and keep your eyes peeled as you explore the neighborhood. Following our clues on Twitter won’t hurt, either.
Clue alert! Tomorrow’s...
Getting more cameras ready!
Currently, about a dozen cameras are gone.
30 more are being distributed to stores tomorrow — although the dates they will be available to the public will be staggered over the next two weeks. Follow along on Twitter so you know where to find them!
It takes a bit of time to put together the camera kits, and you have to do it 100 times over. I wish that I could say that I staged this...
Launch Party!
(Above) Me at the vacant store giving a pitch to a press tour, yay! Big thankyou to my good friend @vaughnchicago for snapping pics.
It was so inspiring to see the other installations at the launch event. The storefronts that made the biggest impression on me were the ones that had a strong physical presence, the ones that really transformed a space. Almost all of my work is in the digital...
The first cameras are gone!
The first set of clues went out on our Twitter feed on Monday. I went back Tuesday to check on the cameras that were left at Pitaya. They’re gone! I hope that the people who discovered them will participate and mail the cameras back.
I am super excited.
It’s been a blast working with stores, although, a lot of work. Fortunately, most stores have been wonderful, and extremely...
Preparing for load-in
Today I went to drop off 9 cameras to various Wicker Park stores. It’s been pretty fantastic, working with the stores — although a bit of a logistical nightmare. It doesn’t help that I don’t actually live in Wicker Park, which means the hour-long trek into the neighborhood a few times a week is a bit taxing. But at least I’m getting to know it pretty well :)
Jared...
Post office fail, camera win
The USPS officially told me today that they cannot mail disposable cameras without packaging around it. We had planned on putting an address and postage on each camera and having people mail it back to us as is. We’ll now be including envelopes and stamps on the takemwithyou camera kits we are leaving around the neighborhood. A much less elegant solution, but at least we’ll definitely...
Making the Cameras
The cameras arrived! We spent the afternoon putting instructions and labels on them. Keep an eye out for them in Wicker Park Bucktown this July — we can’t wait. Follow us on Twitter for clues: @takemewithu312
