24 HRs in photos | Erik Kessels

  • 24 HRs in photos, by Erik Kessels
  • 24 HRs in photos, by Erik Kessels
12/08/2011

24 HRs in photos | Erik Kessels

This installation is formed by mound of printed photographs that correspond to the images uploaded to Flickr over a 24-hour period. The purpose of this installation is to show the deluge of images that the Internet condenses daily and how we have become accustomed to consuming them, and also to raise awareness of the fact that private photographs pass from the private sphere to the public domain when they are uploaded to the Internet. The fact that they are printed gives us an overwhelming physical view of what this “over a million images” really means.
Name of piece: 24 HRs in photos
Author: Erik Kessels
Year: 2011

Images: Flickr – image 1 | image 2
Credits: Jacqueline Poggi
Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0