Online photo tools such as Snapchat allow users to share images that are meant to be seen only for a limited time, creating a sense of urgency for viewers. But what if there was a similar tool for another, less casual visual medium, like art?
Enter Slash Temp, a Japanese site that lets anyone post their artwork for a finite period of time. But its dynamics are a bit more fluid than Snapchat. In fact, the easiest way to explain Slash Temp is to describe it as Snapchat meets Reddit meets deviantArt.
Once a user posts a piece of art on Slash Temp, it will only remain visible for 24 hours — that is, unless someone comments on the image. Once this occurs, one hour for every typed character is added to the artwork's shelf life. For example, an eight-character comment adds eight hours to an image. So, an extremely popular piece of art could live on the site indefinitely, as long as the comments keep coming Read more...
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