t is almost an universal taboo to stare at people. We are taught from an early age that scrutinising someone’s face is a form of interaction reserved exclusively for those we are intimate with – lovers, family members.
This in an instalment that gives you the opportunity to break that taboo. Stare at each of these faces for 100 seconds, examining the features, expressions and flaws that make us all human, while the face stares back at you.
You may find that 100 seconds is actually a long time, and that this experience is very intimate.
Go on – this is what you’ve always wanted to do, right?

[tab: Overview] Overview
The project consists of an exhibition (initially based on the Sunshine Coast – at later stages to become a travelling exhibition), a website, and a book.

The exhibition (see “Exhibition” tab for more details) is to consist of eight to ten video screens. Each screen (triggered by a sensor) when a viewer stands in front of it, will show a video of a different face staring back at the viewer, for a full 100 seconds. The screen is surrounded by a cowling that ensures that the viewer and the face on the video screen can share an intimate moment (ie: it allows for one viewer at a time only).

Interspersed between the video screens are text panels (laminated paper mounted on a wooden base), each containing a story from one of the subjects’ lives. These stories are written in an SMS- style format, with minimal grammar and punctuation. None of the stories gives away its subject’s gender or ethnicity.

An element of interactivity is included in the project in that visitors to the exhibition / instalment must try to guess which stories go with which faces.

Access to a website is provided to all visitors (via a personal code supplied only at the exhibition), on which they can register their guesses as to which faces go with which stories.

[tab: Exhibition] The Exhibition
Initially to be shown in The Lane in Palmwoods, then in the Old Ambo in Nambour, the exhibition will run for 28 days each showing. A collective viewing audience of around 800 people is projected over the entire 56-day run.

Branding

The Cowlings

[tab: The Need] Multiculturalism in Australia – the Need
Video: Me talking about previous studies and the implications.

Citations from previous studies.

Letter from SCC and Linda Dennis.
[tab: Support] Support
Letters for support from Old Ambo and the Lane and anyone else.

[tab: Contact] Contact the Organiser
For media enquiries, contact: David Peart – 100seconds@davidpeart.com
Or call 0403806355
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Hello. You’ve reached this page most likely because you have been trying to find the photos from the 2015 Pan Pacific Freediving Competition in Brisbane. My apologies for the delay! The photos are currently uploading will be online at this address, and ready for purchase by 7:00pm on Monday 30 November.

Once again, please accept my apologies for the delay and any inconvenience caused!

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