TL;DR
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Dressed all in white, Jeremy Cowart sat in a chair with an LED screen behind him and a projector, camera and live audience in front of him.
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The screen behind him would show a scene, while the image projected onto his all-white outfit would splash him with contrasting colors, creating a portrait.
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Each time the camera’s shutter was activated, the images coming from the screen and projector changed, creating a new, unique portrait each time.
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At 25 minutes, Jeremy Cowart had created 10,000 unique self-portraits — all of which will be released as NFT next Tuesday (May 9).
Full story
We have this theory that the sheer spectacle of enormous effort can win the respect of an audience…
For example:
Your mom may not be a fan of South Park… but when she hears that they write, shoot and animate each episode in 7 days?
The spectacle of such an effort is sure to earn some respect.
The story of Jeremy Cowart has convinced us in the same way. This is what he did:
Dressed all in white, JC sat in a chair with an LED screen behind him and a projector, camera and live audience in front of him.
The screen behind him would show a scene, while the image projected onto his all-white outfit would splash him with contrasting colors, creating a portrait.
He sat there for 25 minutes as the camera fired away.
Each time the camera’s shutter was activated, the images coming from the screen and projector changed, creating a new, unique portrait each time.
For the audience, it was a 25-minute blur of almost seizure-inducing flashes: