"This is an experiment, and you are part of it."
Last weekend, I went to a screening of 1000 Journals, a documentary by Andrea Kreuzhage. I am so glad I dragged myself out of bed at 11 in the morning on a Saturday to see this film's first Toronto screening at the Moving Image Film Festival (there were only about 8 people there)! I have known about this project for a while, as most of you probably have as well, but for some reason I am so much more intrigued by the project after watching the documentary. A woman who received one of the journals and was featured in the film was present to chat about it, which was an added bonus. And collage artist Julie Sadler (from Collage Clearinghouse) was in the film. Apparently, there were 60 hours (I think) of footage shot for the documentary, which was shaved down to 90 minutes.
The 1000 Journals project was launched in 2000, and is still ongoing. One thousand journals were left in random places or given to people, but as people started to hear about the project, they wanted to get involved. People were dying to get their hands on what seemed like so few journals, and so a website was started to help track the journals. Now, you can view scans of the them, which include writing, drawing, collage, and other things, and check up on their progress. Warning, this website can be very addictive!
The creator, Someguy, finally got enough journals back (about 40) to put them in a show at SFMoma (which runs from November 1, 2008 - April 5, 2009. I wish I lived in San Francisco, and if you do you should definitely go see this.
There is also a beautiful book published (by Chronicle) on the project, which I purchased today.
AND,
There is another project started called 1001 Journals. In this one, users can send out their own journals, so that more and more journals can reach more and more people. I will be starting a journal, which anyone can participate in. My only request is that it be filled with collage! I'll post the link where you can sign up to receive the journal as soon as I can.
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aprile - speaking of addictions...
your blog has become one of mine.
consistently g o o d quality
this post is just another example.
bravo clap clap clap
Hi Aprile
I'm interested in participating in it. I'm already signed on 1001 journals with some personal journals and participations on others. You can check it right on here.
bye
dilarp
i just went to sfmoma today! saw the journals and i had brought supplies with me to fill up some pages.
i first saw the film at the SF international film festival in may, which was packed! someguy and andrea were there and they brought a few of the journals to share and for us to fill up. it was really cool cause it was my first time seeing the journals.
I Aprile, I would love participate.
I am not sure I undrestand how it work but think of me pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaase !
Ginette
Annie that is so exciting!
I'm sure my film festival didn't have the same response because of how early it was being screened, which was unfortunate because it was worth seeing.
And I will let all of you know where you can participate, I just have to get a journal (my art store was sold out).