The museum is the first U.S. exhibit to showcase an entire collection devoted to the cell phone. The show features more than 30 international artists.
written by Notzold and Evan Roth from the Graffiti Research lab.
These flashing cells are typically found on phone straps, but with slight modification and multiplication, the invisible body of the mobile phone emerges. Informationlab is currently working on a modular version that can be taken out of the gallery context and into the public domain.
Amrhein’s typical medium is painting, but the cell phone attracted her as a centerpiece for the sensory impact it has on our bodies. The chandelier consists of 27 cell phones that are braided together in charger cables, each playing a network of interrelated short videos.
The Baltimore-based media collective, known for its community-based projects, invites viewers to send in photos that were shot using their cell phone's camera. In doing so, users' work is submitted to a growing database of images that are then projected on to the gallery wall.
