Sandy I

I was looking on craigslist and underneath the For Sale section there is the subcategory of Barter. I found a woman offering tarot readings who lives in the same area as me. I e-mailed her offering prints. She responded by saying that she was interested and wanted to look at my website. She introduced herself as Sandy and mentioned that she recently graduated from the University that I am attending. Sandy also wanted to know if I would consider bartering my services as a photographer by shooting a head shot. I said that I would consider it but that we could talk more after she took a look at my website.

allmylifeforsale

The project allmylifeforsale was suggested to me during class. The first paragraph of The Project section reads:

"Welcome to Allmylifeforsale, an online project that explored our relationship to the objects around us, their role in the concept of identity, as well as the emerging commercial systems of the Internet. Using the public/commercial space of the online trading community Ebay in conjunction with his online catalogue Allmylifeforsale.com, John Freyer catalogued and sold nearly everything that he owned, from his kitchen cutlery to his personal hygiene products, his Star Wars sheets and finally even the domain name Allmylifeforsale.com itself. (Now owned by the University of Iowa, Museum of Art)"

Freyer's project investigated ideas that I am interested in with this project. He was asking people, bidders on ebay, to place a monetary value on his possessions that supposedly constituted his life. I am planning on exploring systems of exchange that have emerged on the internet such as ebay or craigslist that replace traditional bartering systems. More details to follow on the specifics.

I personally prefer looking at tangible objects to online content so I ordered the book that was produced in relation to the project. I have not received it yet but am looking forward to its arrival.