Well, the Lyddle End deadline's sailed by. I guess it had its desired effect in that many people have now finished, and the rest now feel much guiltier about not having done so. So we must turn our attentions to what to do next.
Originally I'd assumed we'd get them all together again and have a little show but I'm starting to worry about how small and fragile they all are. Some of them have got to travel quite a long way, and when they arrive they're still really, really small. I worry if they're going to be displayable properly. (Though there's been some interest in showing them from a few people, which is exciting.)
So I guess I'm wondering about a couple of things: can anyone think of a way things this small could be successfully displayed? Can we do something with mirrors/lenses?
But, perhaps more practically, I was wondering if there's some virtual world thing we can do to show them all off.
One of the things I like about the finished buildings is that they're not just objects, there are stories attached to many of them, music sometimes, and it'd be nice if we could feature that stuff as well. (like Tuur's here and in the picture above) I also like the different ways they've been photographed and the haphazard way they appear on flickr and tumblr. And the way that they illustrate different future views.
So I wondered if there was some sort of hybrid, cutandpaste virtural world we could build - which could just import the existing pictures and other content. In my head I'm imagining something somewhere between Ivor The Engine, Doom and Archigram. You know, you can walk around it, it's all collagey, not too much attention to proper perspective etc, but it still feels like a place. Does that make any sense?
Anyone got any ideas about how to do that? Or, more to the point, would someone actually do it? Any thoughts please drop me a line: lyddleend2050 at russelldavies.com.