What does it sound like when hundreds of photographs are taken at the exact same moment all around the globe?

The sound of synchronised shutters going off in one instant would begin a swelling, rolling, accumulating creative wave wrapping around the planet...

The 03>04>05 project challenged the paradigm of individual creative processes (their championing of exclusiveness, isolation and ownership), by involving a diverse group of art & design students from around the world in collective, collaborative and creative activities - taking place within a 'virtual' studio. The brief was structured to explore the prospect of working collaboratively in new ways and the prospects that these open up for communicating visually.

Participants began by individually gathering photographic imagery from their own geographic settings, from their own cultural perspective, before working through the brief with colleagues (in small creative teams) who existed in distant parts of the world. As the project progressed, the creative teams were visited by established, and often well known, creative professionals, writers and theorists who led 'live' group chat sessions, provided their own works to form helpful Expose Galleries of visual works, or provided feedback at various stages to the works presented in progress.

Following the success of the project, it is hoped that a book can be produced and published to document the project's process and outcomes, as well as including written reflections from leading writers and academics.

Find out more details about the 03>04>05 project in the 'brief' area