world identity lab

CURRENT PROJECT

Christian Schlager — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:57:16 +0000

This is a story with an unexpected ending!

Every single sentence can change the course of the story. Your next sentence, contribution, photograph makes a change and influences people who will continue the story.

People of different ages, origin, social status, religious or political conviction will make their mark on this unique, communal narrative. Only one sentence per log-in, but with no limitation to the number of log-ins.

How will this adventure end? Will it degenerate into a battle for steering the course of the story? Will it fire the imagination? Drown in chaos? Is the experiment possible at all?

A story written by the world. You can start the story, if you are fast enough.

Continue the his/story, photograph, draw, or write!

“To be continued…” gains new meaning.
Will they live happily ever after? Who knows?

The wishing table

Christian Schlager — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:08:44 +0000

What does the world dine on 25th December? Whether festive day or not.

Roast pork or turkey? Carp with potatoe salad or fondue chinoise? Stew or sausages? Casual lunch?…

The objective is to document your set table on 25th December 2009.
The approach is up to you – it could be a picture, a movie, an audio recording, or any other medium of your choice.

Please include the location. Feel free to comment to your contribution.

To contribute please follow the instructions “how to submit”.

If you have any questions, please get in touch with us!
christian.schlager@worldidentitylab.net

To register click here

Identity sucks!

Christian Schlager — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:14:24 +0000

What is it all about? A lone wolf or a group, sex or love, a fight or a cuddle, art or commerce, revolt or bank job? What is your goal? And why? What are the concerns of identity seekers all over the world for growing (up) their identity? What conditions does our world offer to young people in their search for self-discovery?

We are looking for photographs of teenagers from around the world. We are seeking answers to the question of what their personal life goal is and why. It will be exciting to find out what factors – age, social structure, cultural background, etc. – influence the lives of young people and what commonalities (or differences) there are between countries.

We are inviting motivated people to contribute with their opinion and observation in a visual or journalistic way.

The objective is to capture one portrait, or a range of portraits, of one or a series of youths.
This should include his/her or their names, age/s, home town and country, as well as the very important answer to the questions:

- What is your life goal?
- And why?

To contribute please follow the instructions “how to submit”.

If you have any questions, please get in touch with us!
christian.schlager@worldidentitylab.net

Mayumi Onoyama, 24, Fukuoka

Christian Schlager — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:54:38 +0000

Name: Mayumi Onoyama
Age: 24
Hometown: Fukuoka

What is your lifgoal?
Designer

And why?
I want to make person’s mind’s being made happy.

First Illustration

Christian Schlager — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:26:08 +0000

We received our first Illustration for our story “to be continued” this weekend, by Vinz Schwarzbauer. Check it and do the same. We would love to see more Illustrations.

Saki Chikaraishi, 28, Saitama, Japan

alessio guarino — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:04:53 +0000

Name: Saki Chikaraishi
Age: 28
Hometown: Saitama, Japan

What is your lifegoal?
My goal is knitting around the world.

Why?
The reason is that I am greedy man.
Therefore, I want to see all over the world , experience various cultures, to touch a person all over the world, and to see the inheritance. Because I live in the earth with great pains. The globe type robot made of wool named “ManGlobe” appeared from my such wish. Is he made of wool why? I do not understand it either. But, Wool became an indispensable material for me after that. Anyway, I thought I am able to trip all over the world to be while leaving signs that I had visited. It is possible as long as wool and the needle are carried about. I deliberately knit with the improvisation occasionally on the ground this ground at times and leave it. It is possible to become local people happily if knitting.

But does it float?

Christian Schlager — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:11:40 +0000

Check butdoesitfloat.com, with great collections in several fields:
Architecture, Generative art, Collage, Drawing, Typography, Sculpture & Photography.

Also watch out for:

the story of our newest project “to be continued” as audio-file, weekly updated.

Let’s talk about “to be continued”

Christian Schlager — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:15:00 +0000

The new project “to be continued” will be available as audiofile, read by charming “Vicki” from apple’s voice output. Stay tuned!
Coming Soon! (tomorrow)

Follow

Christian Schlager — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:48:09 +0000

the story.
check “to be continued“

Feature Shoot

Christian Schlager — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:26:32 +0000

Feature Shoot is run by photographer and photo editor, Alison Zavos, and showcases work from up-and-coming photographers alongside work from established photographers who have completed a project or whose work has taken on a new direction. Check it.
And don’t forget: “to be continued” is still open for entries and you are allowed to submit new sentences after another one continued the story after your sentence.

Changing his/story

Christian Schlager — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:50:47 +0000

First contributions from Africa for our current project “to be continued”.
And also our first contribution with a photograph.
Check it and continue the his/story, photograph, draw, or write!

Telescopic Text

Christian Schlager — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:56:14 +0000

Check this great project- telescopictext.com by Joe Davis.

We Feel Fine

Christian Schlager — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:28:37 +0000

Since August 2005, We Feel Fine has been harvesting human feelings from a large number of weblogs. Every few minutes, the system searches the world’s newly posted blog entries for occurrences of the phrases “I feel” and “I am feeling”. When it finds such a phrase, it records the full sentence, up to the period, and identifies the “feeling” expressed in that sentence. Because blogs are structured in largely standard ways, the age, gender, and geographical location of the author can often be extracted and saved along with the sentence, as can the local weather conditions at the time the sentence was written. All of this information is saved.
Check this great website!

fake entry for tobecontinued

Sissi Bieber — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:01:37 +0000

Blood of the Young

Christian Schlager — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:02:04 +0000

Blood of the Young is a Toronto based zine and blog project that launched Jan/09 in support of emerging and established young artists. They like young people, film, new aesthetics, analog processes, interviews, print trades, collaborations, DIY, community, and zines of all kinds. They are mainly interested in photographs but are open to creative submissions of all kind. Check it.

No Culture Icons

Christian Schlager — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:17:54 +0000

Check No Culture Icons, it is an online art and photography collective, showcasing the best in new up and coming image-makers from around the world.
No Culture Icons is here to inspire, created by Liam Henry. Edited by Liam Henry and Sarah Abbott

The Whale Hunt

Christian Schlager — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:08:05 +0000

The Whale Hunt is an experiment in human storytelling by Jonathan Harris.
In May 2007, I spent nine days living with a family of Inupiat Eskimos in Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost settlement in the United States. The first several days were spent in the village of Barrow, exploring ramshackle structures, buying gear, and otherwise helping the whaling crew to prepare for the hunt. …
Andrew Moore is a New York based friend and photographer who accompanied him on the trip.

The F Stop

Christian Schlager — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:35:07 +0000

The F STOP is an online magazine featuring the work of top advertising, editorial, and fine art photographers. Published every two weeks, each issue explores the work of one professional photographer. Articles combine an in-depth interview with a comprehensive behind-the-scenes deconstruction of the process of creating one powerful image from the photographer’s recent portfolio. Check it.

Duckrabbit

Christian Schlager — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:36:14 +0000

Check this great website: duckrabbit.info
This is what they say on their website:
Duckrabbit are the only journalism/production company in the UK working exclusively with still images and audio. Not only is our work more cost effective than video, it has a greater impact. Alongside our multimedia work we also produce radio documentaries and train journalists in multimedia production.

Creative Africa Network

Christian Schlager — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:19:32 +0000

I know how hard it is to find good creative platforms in Africa, but finally I stumbled upon a great website, which solves that problem:
An initiative of puma.creative, Creative Africa Network is a virtual platform with global reach, connecting the creative world within and outside of Africa, giving visibility to the talents working in architecture, dance, design, fashion, film, fine art, literature, music, new media, performing arts and photography.