• Beth Lilly The Oracle @ WIFI
  • Beth Lilly The Oracle @ WIFI
  • Beth Lilly The Oracle @ WIFI
  • Beth Lilly The Oracle @ WIFI
  • Beth Lilly The Oracle @ WIFI

Beth Lilly The Oracle @ WIFI

"What could an artist do with a cell phone camera?" This is the question artist Beth Lilly asked herself and her answer became an ongoing participatory art project. Loosely modeled on divination, she uses her cell phone to make photographs in exchange for a caller's questions. On the seventh day of every month when her cell phone rings, she stops whatever she's doing and answers the phone. The person on the other end (usually a stranger) says, "I want a reading." Lilly replies, "OK, but don't tell me your question yet, just give me your email address." Her location when she receives a call is her starting point for intuitionally finding and shooting three photographs in fairly rapid succession. She emails these to the callers who reply and re- veal their question. Each combination of text and photos creates surprising results that range from sarcastic to humorous to profound. Interpeting the "readings" each person arrives at entirely different meaning, suggesting an endless number of possible narratives. This book compiles the most interesting results from hundreds of calls Lilly received from people around the world.

Hardcover 19 x 27,5cm 112 pages 135 color illustrations English Out of print ISBN 978-3-86828-292-4 2012

Artist:

Beth Lilly

Texts:

Beth Lilly, Katherine Ware

Exhibitions

The Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta
April 2012

Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins
31.08. – 27.10.2012

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