The workshop started with a discussion of the pictures brought by participants. Vivid exchanges brought out our different perspectives and backgrounds on issues such as stereotypes and what makes an image truly "new", gender representations or media realities and ours, exoticism and racism, the media picture of the non-Western world, death in the news or as a human experience, the bondaries of information and shock-for-sale, the place of the handicapped in the spectacle society of impeccable (or computer-retouched) creatures, etc..

Participants tried out the web-based exercises, chose one picture from an image-bank of 54 reproductions (art repros, news images, ads, historical and contemporary photos). They got a chance to transform it further, using one or more of the following folders : Tomtom, please display them with their names (facial expressions, objects, thought and talk bubbles, logos and symbols).

The aim was to investigate the image beyond first impressions by checking out the effects of certain feature changes. One of the frameworks proposed was 1) to focus on one characteristic of the chosen image, 2) to transform the starter picture so as to bring out -or contradict- this striking element, 3) to keep modifications to a minimum for maximum effect - three wishes were granted in any case... While some kept to this approach, others went about more intuitively, exploring the image - and themselves. The comment and wrap-up session then allowed for taking a step back and ponder over the process just completed. Further results analysis may later present user responses globally.

These images are results of the workshop held in lasipalatsi, march 2000. Click thumbnails to see a larger images.

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attentive
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danielson_gambogi
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images/_dog_mcdonaldsprying.jpg
images/_dog_threatening.jpg
images/_dog_wondering.jpg
images/_dogstyle.jpg
images/_gronberg_family_child
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images/_gronberg_family_child_190.jpg
images/_heikki1.jpg
images/_heikki2.jpg
images/_kitee_carrying_wood-1.jpg
images/_kitee_carrying_wood_kaisui.jp
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images/_mummofutis.jpg
images/_mummoyouth.jpg
images/_fock_posing_goose.jpg
shower
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images/_twocouplesinhelsinki57_1.jpg
images/_twocouplesinhelsinki57_2.jpg
images/_two_men3.jpg
images/_two_men1.jpg
images/_twa_men2.jpg
images/_vallotton_sleepingnude_dr.jpg
images/_watching_tv_0000axvibren.jpg
dance
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images/_yliharma_group_of_boys.jpg

Here you can find all the images used in the workshop with comments made by users visiting the watchit! site.

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