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Your Mouse the Judge in Latest Brooklyn Museum Show

June 27th, 2008 by Joe Filippazzo

This article appeared in the 27 June issue of The Williamsburg Courier.

The Brooklyn Museum has appointed you the judge, jury and exhibitioner for their latest photography project, “Click!”

The exhibit, which runs from June 27 until August 10, is half-art show and half-psychology experiment that engages the public at every level of the artistic process.

The theory is that a diverse sample of citizen curators can make wiser decisions than just a handful of art experts. Photographers were asked to submit works that follow a theme, then each anonymous piece was publicly evaluated online, and finally each photograph will be displayed according to its relative ranking.

A submission by Tamara Porras of the changing face of Brooklyn.

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