Fragmentr is a collaborative image remixing site designed by Ryan Weafer. Users can upload up to five images, which are fragmented into 30 “shards” and shuffled at random; the site also auto-archives images at regular intervals. It’s a beta site, and I’ll be curious to see how it develops, which is to say,that I don’t think it’s entirely there yet, but I see a lot of potential.
Museum websites (because I work on one whatever sorry) are tasked with articulating works of art—their physical and intellectual properties—to an audience that may never set foot in the galleries. No small task! Image quality (and moreover, the user’s experience of said image) is of paramount importance in the development of these kinds of sites. Preciousness ensues, necessarily. We’re a museum. I love a big, gorgeous, authoritative slideshow. What I love even more though, are projects that expose the precarious state of the digital image.
