Documentation of 'Growing Bodies from the Cloud', Park(ing) Day Brighton 2009

Thanks to all of you who contributed with pictures of hair, skin and ground to the BODY which grew and came alive on Park(ing) Day Brighton 2009. The live event on Friday went really well, we loved it and had very good response from audience/participants.

Today we are happy to feed these images back into 'the Cloud' - creating a sort of feedback, or dialogue.

This performance/event/installation is made for both a live and an online audience. And we like our audience to be part of the art - we still need photos, and for YOU to take part! :)

Keep sending them in to sara or lori or post to our facebook page.

The next body will be built by myself Thursday 24th Sep at 1pm in the foyer of Arnolfini, Bristol as part of "Speaker's Corner"

Park(ing) Day Brighton was organised by artist CiCi Blumstein in partnership with BLANK Studios Gallery. Publicity Design by Sara Popowa.

The live performance was made possible with the kind support of The Basement, Brighton. Thank you Sam!

The following text was displayed during the live event on Park(ing) Day:

Our idea is to collect digital 'pieces' of human bodies through our online social networks, using these pieces to create a “physical body’’, montage style. A small gesture to materialise our virtual connexions with our friends “in the cloud” (the cloud is a geeky metaphor for the internet).

This is an ongoing project and you can ‘grow’ with us too - give us photos of your skin, hair or the ground you are standing on. Mail or post on them our facebook group.

Thank you for taking part!

Sara Popowa and Lori O’Regan

Location: The Basement's private parking spot right in the middle of Brighton, Kensington Street - The Basement is visible opposite the street. Our own take on the open-source Park(ing) guidelines!

Duration: 2-5pm.

start. composites of images are printed on sheets of sticky labels and laid out in a 'parking square'

outlining Lori's body with small white stickers

the location. next to us are another two (unused) private parking spaces

the body is outlined and surrounded by what will become its 'content', the stickers

we start filling in the body

audience/participant

"finally i get to have hairy arms!"

eyes in place, put there by audience/participants

creating a 'scene' with passers by

the body coming into completion...

Lori, Sara and the Body of all of you are pleased with the result!

end

Friday, 7pm

Sat night, 3.30am

Sun, 5pm