| The future is 'mobile' | By the end of 2009, research firm Gartner predict that some 2.6 billion mobiles will be in regular use around the world. "Mobile phones could go on to be the most common consumer electronics device on the planet," said Gartner analyst Ben Wood. |
Gone are the days where mobiles are a yuppie status symbol 'hello, HELLO'. Everyone's got one. They're everywhere. They're always in the news and never far away from controversy... from the text sex of David Beckham, to 'mobile bullying', to happy slapping to bringing the aftermath of the London bombings to our screens. Now mobile phone pictures are being used as the medium of choice for an exhibition at the Surface Gallery, Nottingham.
 | | This City (One of the exhibition photos) |
The exhibition organisers say Something Less Than A Terrible Nightmare will 'evoke uneasiness and play on fears' as the poor quality pictures taken on your mobile is reminiscent of CCTV footage - film which is often linked to suspicious activities. "It is our intention to subtly create a sense of minor unease based on the fear that cannot be fully explained," comments Sean Williams, Anachron-Gen. With this in mind we've been out and about in Nottingham trying to take some suspicious pictures of our own.
If you would like to have your mobile phone photos of 'Suspicious Nottinghamshire' added to our gallery then please email them to nottingham@bbc.co.uk making sure that you put in the subject column 'Suspicious Nottinghamshire' photo gallery. Anachron-Gen is a union of three artists, Gemma Luz, Stuart Silver and Sean Williams. The exhibition at The Surface Gallery (Basement, 7 Mansfield Road, Nottingham) will run from Tuesday, 31st August to Friday, 16th September 2005. The Gallery is open Monday to Friday 11.00am to 5.00pm. | 
