JD Beltran

Secrets, told through the use of video and subtitles on mini-LCD screens, are revealed in hidden and unexpected spots scattered around the café. They are discovered by visitors and patrons of the café in places like under the salt, in the interior door of a bathroom stall, at the cocktail bar, or beneath the sugar dispenser at the coffee counter. The secrets themselves were and are being collected by the artist in a multi-year project, and are found by her through posting calls on internet sites, as well as through distributing thousands of postcards about the project in cities all over the world. Potential participants are directed to a website, www.seekingsecrets.com, where participants can send their secrets without even revealing their e-mail addresses. The artist sets these secrets to her own video footage, resulting in a series of short, intriguing, and revealing films. The C4F3 patrons and visitors themselves are invited to participate in the project and submit their own secrets, which are made into videos by the artist during the first week of the ISEA2006 conference, and are screened in the mix of secrets during the second week.

Links: 

http://www.seekingsecrets.com/