Draft #1

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Example of web tasks that people perform, paid or unpaid, through Spare5, an app that the company MightyAI uses to provide human-sourced training data to enterprises in the field of computer vision and autonomous vehicles.

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At the Same Moment is a work by artist Lawrence Weiner painted on the wooden fender-rack at the Governors Island ferry terminal in New York’s Financial District. The work was realized as part of PLOT / 09, an exhibition project presented on and around Governors Island by the arts organization Creative Time in 2009. This image has been cropped.

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The topic for Draft #1 is Performing Work. Readers are invited to submit texts investigating the potential narratives of this image pairing.

How to prepare and submit your draft:
We recommend you read Plot’s mission statement and Points before considering a submission. The length of a contribution is typically between 1000 and 2500 words, and writing styles can range from the academic to the poetic and experimental. The current image captions* and tags are meant as guidance and can be changed. Each draft should be accompanied by a short text blurb (20-50 words), and a bio (30-70 words).

Please send your submission for Draft #1 as Word document to the editors, who will review material on an ongoing basis. If your submission has been accepted, its finalized version will be published in Points. If you need more information or have further questions about a submission, please don’t hesitate to contact us.


Want to use your own set of images for this topic?
Please follow the steps above and add your images (usually 2-4, including the name of the photographers as well as captions and tags) to your submission.

* Click on large images for captions and tags.