Masterpiece 2.0, An Interactive Stop-Motion Animation Project
Masterpiece 2.0  Masterpiece 2.0 is a social media animation
project by Dutch artists Baschz and Selfcontrolfreak, and
according to them, “the first ever unique painting made with a
Web 2.0 approach.”  Even after reading the description of their
process, I’m a bit confused by how the interactivity worked, but
I highly recommend checking out the finished piece, which is
visually striking and quite inventive. What follows is an
explanation of the project by the artists:  In the summer and
fall of 2009 a multilayered canvas and animation was created
which could be influenced and followed by website visitors
online 24 hours a day. Six weeks long and through actions like
Introduce Object, Shirt ‘Em and Cameo Appearance website
visitors could interact with leading character Selfcontrolfreak.
Each sent in gesture added a new animated interaction as they
were painted layer-by-layer into the growing animating canvas by
Baschz. Every new layer was photogra