I can paint you.......

As mentioned previously, I am hopefully going to collaborate on an interactive piece of work with another masters student - Ian Thomson, studying for an MA at Gray's School of Art. He intends to create an online gallery with a virtual opening in May, and to actually have work to show he is setting up a site which invites people to send in their photos, and from those, 25 will be chosen. These people will then have their portraits painted and the 'big reveal' will happen in the spring. The idea involves some of the concepts I have been investigating such as images, identity, and using the web to explore this, also the feeling of participating in a virtual space, and with a virtual community. My small part of the project will possibly involve the more 'techy' stuff such as the possible php, assisting in site set up etc, however I look forward to observing and noting the results this project generates. It might also drive new understanding of social interactions online with regards to my own work and practice.