Caller ID

For Caller ID – TransCultural Exchange’s contribution to the University of Massachusetts’ Herter Gallery’s 50 Shades of Red exhibition – Mary Sherman tapped into TransCultural Exchange’s international network and asked artists to photograph their fingerprint – i.e. to put their finger over the lens of their smartphone, snap a pic and send it to TransCultural Exchange to be made into a grid of photos. (In other words, a composite, photographic collage.) Surprisingly, all the results were red – 50 unique shades of red to be exact.

Special thanks to the artist and TransCultural Exchange member Thad Beal, who, for a while, used his fingerprint as his smartphone’s screensaver, thus, prompting the idea for Caller ID. Also thanks to Thad and Siyi Wang for help with the layout and design of the composite print.

Caller ID’s Participating Artists:

Austria: Andrei Sicoldi, Innsbruck
Australia: Michaela Davies, Sydney
Brazil: Malvina Sammarone, São Paulo
Canada: Alberto Balestrieri, Montreal; Florian Grond, Montreal; Dyan Marie, Toronto
China: Benoit Granier, Beijing; Siyi Wang, Dalian
England: Ralph Brancaccio, London; Michael Schwab, London
France: Jean-Yves Coffre, Marnay-sur-Seine; Bojana Panevska, Strasbourg
Germany: Eugenia Gortchakova, Oldenburg; Johannes Michler, Kiel; Karola Teschler, Velbert TEVAUHA, Nürnberg
Hong Kong: Don Ritter
Italy: Lanfranco Aceti, Rome; Rudi Punzo, Turin
New Zealand: Roland Idaczyk, Wellington; Taylor Scott, Hamilton
Northern Ireland: Tommy Barr, Belfast
Pakistan: Zeerak Ahmed, Karachi
Singapore: Regina Maria Moeller
Switzerland: Florian Dombois, Zurich; Brunhild Hansen-Schmidt, Gitschenen
Taiwan: M.K (Ahguei) Ho, Chiayi City; Ping-Yu Pan, Taipei
Turkey: Gulay Alpay, Istanbul; Ozlem Kalkan Erenus, Istanbul
United States: Lynne Allen, Boston, MA; Mikki Ansin, Cambridge, MA; Karl Baden, Boston, MA; Thad Beal, Boston, MA; Blake Brasher, Cambridge, MA; Mario Diacono, Boston, MA; Janeil Engelstad, Seattle, WA; Marlene Ghormley, McClean, VA; Jude Griffin, Salem, MA; Michael Guran, Boston, MA; Katherine Higgins, Boston, MA; Sarah Holt, Boston, MA; Janna Longacre, Brookline, MA; Eva Lundsager, Boston, MA; Liz Marren, Boston, MA; Jenna Powell, Boston, MA; Brian Reeves, Boston, MA; Mary Sherman, Boston, MA; Joe Upham, Brookline, MA; Catheline van den Branden, Boston, MA