THE WALL Digital Community Billboard

THE WALL is a social tool that uses digital graffiti to build communities. It anonymously and publicly shares live, user-defined, community-driven content in order to communicate, share ideas, and inspire those around you. THE WALL seizes the communicative power of large-scale imagery in public space (i.e. billboards) and puts it in the hands of the local community.

THE WALL couples together multiple existing technologies: a projector, a special web page, and cell phone cameras. From their cell phones, users can instantly share images from their cell phones by emailing the photos to a specific email address.

Visit http://thewall.tumblr.com to see the special webpage. Once there, click anywhere on the webpage to view the Archives and see what everyone else has been submitting. Submissions are completely anonymous but if you want to identify yourself, put your name in the email’s SUBJECT.

A second version of THE WALL was exhibited at Art House Gallery in Atlanta for an interactive exhibit. It was one of 4 featured projects during the LE FLASH event in Atlanta's Castleberry Hill Arts District.

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Here's how it works: Snap a photo with your cell phone camera.
Then, send the image to THE WALL's email address. Images are instantly displayed in a public space at a large scale. In this example, a store-front window at night acts as the public canvas.
The technology behind THE WALL incorporates a projector, half a laptop, and a special webpage linked to an email address. The webpage automatically refreshes itself every few seconds to show the most current photo submissions.
THE WALL was featured at Art House Gallery in Atlanta for the LE FLASH event.
Community members react to the images submitted by others, anonymously.
THE WALL was a feature project at the LE FLASH event in Atlanta, a night of sound and light installations and performances.
THE WALL was a feature project at the LE FLASH event in Atlanta, a night of sound and light installations and performances.
Art Voices Magazine wrote about the project in their Fall 2008 issue.