Thursday 29 September 2011

Ten Seconds Project

Today I have launched the Ten Seconds Project website. I have created it so everyone can find out more and join in with this exciting game of hide and seek with camera's.

Anyone can do it.

The 'Ten Seconds' Rules
To join in with the project there are a few things you have to do, it's all very easy and fun.

1. Get together with some friends, or you can do this on your own (which is what I did.)

2. Get two cameras, one to take the picture and the other to record the video. 
You can tape the cameras together to get them levelled and in the same position. 
A tripod is very useful and recommended, but you can get creative and use furniture or shelves.

3. Find a small space, area to hide in. 
(It is often funnier if you don't practice getting in the space before taking the picture, 
but you can always re-take the shot as many times as you like.) 

4. Press both shutters (the video first and then the self-timer) and the run to hide.

5. Once you have taken both video and photograph and are happy with them, 
send them over to me at alma@haser.org. And I will upload them on here for all to see. 

If I get enough people interested in playing this game, I will not only create an online exhibition, 
but would like to make a traveling show, (you will of course all be credited.) 


Check out the website www.tensecondsproject.co.uk and join in with this exciting project!


Here is the Press Release: 

The Ten Seconds Project  

Alma Haser has created The Ten Seconds Project paying homage to her childhood version of the game, hide and seek. Here is how it all began; when Alma was a child she used to play with her younger brother, Oskar. They lived in an old match factory deep in the Black Forest in Germany. Both parents were artists, and their home was extremely creative. They made handcrafted toys and allowed their children the freedom to run wild.

Alma’s father often filmed his children while they played. When she rediscovered archive footage of herself as a child it sparked the idea for this project. After watching the home video of her and her brother playing their own version of hide and seek, she decided to recreate the game with her adult self and her camera.

Now Alma is playing against herself. She chooses the hiding locations and sets up her cameras to record and seek. The new rule to the game is that she only has ten seconds before the self-timer goes off and she is caught on camera.

The Ten Seconds Project has already attracted interest from galleries, magazines and other artists. Kate Edwards the Guardian picture editor said, “Brilliant project - I really like it, and love the way you have developed it from recreating a childhood game to videoing the process. It’s really clever and I agree, could well go viral.”  

Alma has now created a website to allow other people to join in the game. She plans to start an online craze and then eventually when there are enough entries, to start a travelling exhibition. Anyone and everyone can join in; you need two cameras, one to take the picture and one to video yourself as you hide. For the rules and more information please go to www.tensecondsproject.co.uk or email alma@haser.org.