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About these Projects:
All these projects revolve around a series
of photographs taken while I was in university.
I photographed everyone in my class (as
well as the Dean and a number of professors)
wearing the same red plaid hunting cap.
Why I did this I can not say, except to
mention that I have always made a habit
of seeing my stupidest ideas through to
conclusion.
Once the photographs were posted together
on a wall they seemed to have a mesmerising
effect on my classmates. The fact that everyone
was wearing the same hat seemed to have
an equalizing effect on all of the subjects;
everyone looked equally silly. Everyone
looked as if they were (or were related
to) a murderous hillbilly of questionable
parentage, as such the photos were dubbed
the 'Manson Family Photographs'.
Equality through haberdashery aside, there
were still striking differences between
the photographs. Some subjects seemed innocuous,
while others became downright menacing.
At first I assumed this was due to the personality
of the subject reacting to the hat; as time
goes on I am more and more convinced that
the hat itself has a complex personality
which is perceived differently depending
on the subject who wears it.
It was in an effort to understand the hat
persona that I undertook these small interactive
projects. These explorations also gave me
an opportunity to try out some programming
moves I had been thinking about.
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