This video is a perfect example of how to manipulate a meme so that is evolves.
Chatroulette, which offers video chat with strangers, has already been used for improvised music performances, including one by Ben Folds. But this talented individual removes the music aspect and sets about creating instant artwork instead.
Speed painting isn’t a new phenomenon, with artists having used both real paint and canvas and computer software such as Photoshop to create wonderful portraits in minutes.
But using Chatroulette to find subjects is a new idea, and a brilliant one at that.
What I love the most is that the paintings all have a certain something. They’re not perfect by any means but they capture the essence of that person in that moment. Which is surely what art is all about.
