Gallery: scan your face and contents of pockets

Face Your Pockets! is a Russian website where people can upload images of their faces pressed against a scanner along with the stuff in their pockets. Link (Thanks, Bryanboy!)

[#1 posted by Anonymous , September 18, 2007 12:46 PM]

The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh has a similar exhibit, where you empty your pockets and then scan them.

[#2 posted by Philipp Lenssen , September 18, 2007 1:23 PM]

I only get a "suspended" message on that link. But I once bought a coffee table book as gift which had exactly this idea. People were photographed, had to fill out a form with their info & hobbies and stuff, and then dumped their bag's containments for a photo...

[#3 posted by Emma , September 18, 2007 5:44 PM]

This reminds me of an exhibit I saw at the Andy Warhol in Pittsburgh - there was a photocopier placed in the room, and you were expected to dump your purse onto it and photocopy it, then tack the copy to the wall. I, and all my friends, did, and it produced some beautiful images, and a fabulous collage on the wall.

[#4 posted by funky taco , September 18, 2007 6:09 PM]

Yeah, send a picture of yourself, along with the credit card that is in your pocket. Great idea. :-)

Maybe it will pay for their suspended hosting.

[#5 posted by coaxial , September 18, 2007 8:38 PM]

Granted it didn't have the photo, but my friend did this 10 years ago this week(!). Even got 15 minutes of 'net fame for it.

http://web.archive.org/web/19980628095817/http://www.worstoftheweb.com/classic/102097.html

[#6 posted by leo , September 18, 2007 9:52 PM]

"Via" link has an extra "http."

[#7 posted by Anonymous , September 19, 2007 1:33 PM]

There is a flickr group called "What's in your bag?" which is based on a similar idea