January 15, 2004
Graffiti Archaeology
"What is Graffiti Archaeology?
Graffiti Archaeology is the study of graffiti-covered walls as they change over time. The grafarc.org project is a timelapse collage, made of photos of San Francisco graffiti taken by many different photographers from 1998 to the present.
Using the grafarc explorer, you can visit some of San Francisco's classic spots, see what they looked like in the past, and explore how they have changed over the years."
This project was done by Cassidy Curtis. This is exactly the sort of thing we're trying to facilitate with mobile technologies -- people with camera phones mapping places with timestamps and storing them in a database, allowing others to access that database to see what places looked like previously. Funny that the exact things we were thinking about were grafitti and other public art. can't help feeling somewhat scooped...
Posted by will at January 15, 2004 08:20 PMComments
Nice to hear there are kindred spirits out there!
We have all kinds of big plans for Graffiti Archaeology, some of which we may need outside assistance to accomplish. In particular I'm interested in making it possible for visitors to contribute directly by adding their photos and stories to the mix. If any of you at USC are interested in collaborating on taking grafarc to the next level, drop me a line!
Also, if anyone is interested in curating a SoCal version of grafarc, or just submitting photos, do let me know.
Cheers,
Cassidy Curtis
Posted by: Cassidy at January 18, 2004 01:13 PM
