Group Portrait 1: Little Joy’s Bar, Silverlake, LA, CA
I ended up doing the free piggy back rides on Rodeo Drive, the project that got the most votes from The Human Video Game Experiment (HVGE) post. It was fun and terribly exhausting. No pictures or videos yet; soon though.
This project you see here is an alteration of one of the HVGE projects listed, group portraits in public places. Originally, I was going to just stick to subway cars, and simply organize everyone on the car into a group portrait. It was too limiting though, so I took it elsewhere.
Please, please. You have to try this. Go into a place, an elevator, a library, a bar, a hot dog stand, a clothing store, your bank, wherever, and organize as many people there as you can into a group portrait. Cheese – and take the picture!!! If you can get everyone there in the picture, I’ll send you a snickers bar. Got it? Most of these people are strangers and you’ll have to do a little convincing.
Oh yeah, you can pose in the photos if you like. Usually there is someone there who is shy, but doesn’t mind taking the picture for you.
Please send your group portrait photos to me, no cheating (not just you and your friends), at – marc at ineedtostopsoon dot com. Let me know where you took it and in what city and state.
Thanks and I can’t wait to see these. I’d like to put all of these in a zine. It’d be special.
p.s. I’ll post some more HVGE projects to vote on soon. I like that project.
Group Portrait 2: CalArts Art Opening, Valencia, CA
Group Portrait 3: William Morris Agency (mailroom), Beverly Hills, CA
Note: The voting has been extended for another week until 12/16!! Keep voting!
In the Human Video Game Experiment you good people will be able to vote me to a location to perform an experiment. For example, this week one can vote me to go to the lovely Los Angeles subway, get on a car, and organize a group portrait of everyone in it, or you can vote me to go down to the infamous Rodeo Drive and offer up free piggyback rides to all the celebrities and the really rich.
So here are the details!! Every week you folks can vote for one of five different experiments; the one with the most votes wins and I will complete it at week’s end. I’ll post a video of the myself attempting the most popular experiment each week, and give you five new experiments to vote on, and on and on it goes until the project gets really weird.
Your votes actually matter here!! Currently, Free Piggyback rides on Rodeo Drive is still in the lead with a solid 26 votes!
Projects to vote on this week:
1 | A Target Store | I’ll decorate your car for the Holidays | VOTES: 13
Description: Tis’ the Season!! I would walk around the parking lot of Target and offer to decorate peoples’ cars for the holidays. I’d use that fake snow spray, tinsel, gaffers tape, candy canes, and more.
2 | A Los Angeles Subway Car | Group Portrait | VOTES: 18
Description: Organize a group portrait of everyone in the subway Car. This will be tricky.
3 | The Grove Mall | Reorganize Your Purse and Wallet Stand | VOTES: 1
Description: I would offer ladies and gentleman the unique opportunity to have a complete stranger, me, reorganize their wallet or purse so it is more manageable and organized.
4 | LA Gun Range | Free Advice Stand | VOTES: 4
Description: Set-up a stand and offer up free advice to anyone who wants it. I really wonder what this is going to be like?
5 | Rodeo Drive | Free Piggyback Rides | VOTES: 26
Description: Offer shoppers free piggyback rides at the famous Rodeo Drive shopping area – this is where all the stars and rich folks shop at stores like Gucci, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Coach, etc.
