When I say you say

Here is the link to the nexus project blog. This project is a new possibility that leverages mobile phones and radio to create meaningful conversations for the youth in Africa. Read more about it…

link to nexus blog

My midterm proposal involves the mobile smart phone as a tool of expression and collection. Today on my way to ITP I documented my commute by taking photos of graffiti with my Iphone. Documentation is vital to any process, and this experiment strengthened my interest in this particular form of expression.

What I intend to do is to have smart phone users document graffiti (pictures) and street music (video) during their daily routines. While I experimented the still part of my project today, I had cool graffiti to look like while I was riding the train. During that short or lengthy ride, people listen to music, read books or magazines, or just stare into the motion outside the train window. Why not review the media that you have in your smart phone in aims to make the subway / metro experience more enjoyable.

Graffiti and street music fall under a similar umbrella, they all are and happen on the streets, outside! The documentation of this material provides a larger spectrum of awareness in relationship to were you are located. In New York City we experience street expression very frequently. Street musicians play their music in heavy traffic stations such as Union Square, Bedford ave stop, etc. Graffiti, well, graffiti is everywhere. You can’t avoid it, and I dislike when it gets taken away. Because the money used to clean up graffiti is such a waste.

Music  and graffiti on the streets will be the center of my project. People around the world will see the art that is everywhere on the streets. Users will upload the media taken with their smart phones and share it on a blog or website so that everyone can admire, comment  and rate.

Right now you can find my project here:

Mobile Media Midterm

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(for now).