Word based artists

I've found various games and artists that produce word based internet art. Here are a couple of the interesting links that I have found:-

www.eatpoopucat.com/EPUC/

Eat Poop U Cat is a game where the first person writes a sentence, the second person draws a visual representation of it. The third person only sees the second picture and has to write a sentence to describe it to the next person, who then draws it. etc. etc.

Example below

The calculator swings!

Calculatoro Calcularei was hanged in the country of the Measures. The rulers of that time found his teachings way too much advanced, to the point of heresy

It was a sad day when the ruler and his measuring minions hung the calculator by his turban.

"And that's what you get for measuring abstractions!"

Warning: Measuring your head may lead to spontaneous combustion.

Photos taken from:-
"Eat Poop U Cat." Eat Poop U Cat. InTime Games, LLC. 17 Oct 2007 .


For another variation on chinese whispers theme http://kevan.org/whisper involves using photographs, there are 3 variations on the games, standard, theme or photoshop.

Standard involves taking a photograph of the sentence provided, it gets emailed to the next person and they have to replicate it as closely as possible take a photo and then pass it on etc.

Themed involves someone taking a photo of a themed idea, they pass it on and the next person has to guess the theme and take an appropriate picture themselves etc.

Photoshop involves using the program to digitally replicate the picture sent to you using google images or your own photos.

Photos shown are taken from:-
Kevan. "Photographic Chinese Whispers." Kevan Dot Org. 17 Oct 2007

Internet And Network Art Ideas

I've been researching an idea that I'm interested in and have found a web artist who has produced a very similar idea.


http://hyperlounge.com/rachel-cohen

The artist is called Rachel Cohen and she has got volunteers to assist her with her chinese whisper game but using art instead of words. Start off with a picture pass it on, the next person copies it etc. etc.



Photos taken from:-
Cohen, Rachel. "Chinese Whispers." Rachel Cohen. 17 Oct 2007 .

I though it might be interesting to do a chinese whisper art project also:-

The first idea I have had is using a web cam I will draw a picture and the person who is on the end of the camera tries to copy it. Then they broadcast it to the next person etc. etc. They then scan and email the pictures to me.

The second idea takes into account a more verbal idea in which you play chinese whisper as normal, however, everyone writes down what they think they've heard (not showing it to anyone else) and passes the whisper on and then they all draw a picture of what they think they have heard.

I think the second idea has more scope, so I'm going to look into this. I will research internet artists that produce art using words or verbal instruction.