The problem with memory is that it’s so fleeting. There…just as we were just typing that sentence the moment is gone. British mobile company o2’s Memory Project also has this problem. Artist Jason Bruges has built an interactive cyclorama installation — a multi-camera exhibit that records a 360 degree outside view — where video screens on the inside can be manipulated by the participant to rewind exterior events, creating a sensation of short-term memory recall. The piece will go on tour through Edinburgh and Liverpool at the end of the month to promote Bluebook, a nifty service that automatically backs up your phone’s contact lists (assuming that you live in the UK.) Which reminds us, have you heard of the Memory Project from o2?

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While we consider ourselves the most appreciative of art lovers, there are always a few pieces within an exhibit that don’t necessarily arouse our interest. If we had our way, we’d have the final say over what pieces get displayed so we didn’t have to spend the entire day in the gallery searching for the works that pique our aesthetic fancy. It seems that the folks at the Brooklyn Museum have read our minds. Their newest photography exhibit Click! A Crowd Exhibit, puts the power of the curator in the hands of those who pay to appreciate. Inspired by “The Wisdom of Crowds”, a book by New Yorker business and financial columnist James Surowiecki that raises the argument that a diverse crowd is often wiser at making decisions, Click! asks potential visitors to evaluate some of the works that have been submitted during the museum’s open call in order to decide which pieces end up in the show. Art experts and art lovers alike can vote until May 23rd on the Brooklyn Museum’s website and see if their wisdom has been heeded when the exhibit opens on June 27th. So head on over to the Brooklyn Museum site and let your taste speak for itself.

While the political process can often be filled with a lot of hot air, sometimes that air is actually the winds of change a-blowin’. As we’ve shown you before, those winds of change have proven capable of inspiring some pretty eye catching artistic endeavors. The latest PrObama campaign by Ray Noland is another shining example of how Politics can captivate the imagination and inspire more than it’s fair share of moving imagery. The Chicago-based Freelance Artist launched an unpaid, unauthorized one-man street art campaign under the moniker CRO in support of the Democratic frontrunner, consisting of a multitude of posters and stenciled graffiti that has since sprouted up all over the country as far away as New York and LA. His designs paint a warm, yet purposeful portrait of the Illinois Senator determined to capture the Presidency and help to change a nation in need of new leadership and direction. You can check out some of his designs and even buy his t-shirts and posters at his Obama-centric site, Go Tell Mama, I’m For Obama.

If you find yourself anywhere near the San Andreas fault, you probably have the expectation of a little shake and quake every now and then. While the Tectonic Table series by Alain Gilles for Bonaldo may employ a similar principle used by geologists to explain the large scale motions of the Earth’s lithosphere, we hardly think you have to hold on to your orange juice for fear of tremors if you should so happen to be eating brunch on their latest creations. “The Tectonic table series is based on the idea of movement within the construction of its shape but also the ability to create unexpected free form geometry by shifting and juxtaposing several small tables one next to the other,” allowing those who want choices when decorating their space to have the option of playing with both opened and closed spacing by mixing the tables together. The set of tables are made out of metal wires, or with a plain top laser cut out of a 4mm steel sheet and powder coated in a mat textured finish. When viewed from above they clearly display the shape of rose, that while it may not smell as sweet certainly look the part. Hopefully they’ll provide only the most pleasant of aesthetic aftershocks.

When his daughter Alison was born, photographer Jack Radcliffe began to photograph her – as any father would. However, the project changed the course of his photographic focus and triggered a newfound interest in capturing intimate moments in the lives of family and friends. The Alison project in particular became very unique a father-daughter collaboration because, as Radcliffe explains it, “Alison permitted me access to private moments of our life, which might, under different circumstances, be off-limits to a parent.” Radcliife was ultimately able to achieve a true portrait of Alison throughout her years from child to adult. “Alison” is a testimony to the course of growing up, and Jack Radcliffe is an extraordinary photographer with a gift of capturing truth, even when it is very close to home.

Each week, JoshSpear.com explores the latest projects by top creative professionals in the Behance Network and highlights a few that are pushing the edge of creative industry. Josh Spear also serves as an Advisor and Guest Curator for the Behance Network.

We make no pretense about being “all about the Benjamins.” However, we are particularly about this Benjamin because it’s actually the work of 10,000 international artists (each paid one cent using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk labor distribution tool), who could only see the tiny fragment of what they were working on. The result is a pretty accurately rendered $100 bill that cost $100 to make. Brainparents Aaron Koblin and Takashi Kawashima are both visual designers living in the San Francisco area, who wanted to create a project that exploited the notion of “crowdsourcing” (and, from the looks of it, the One Laptop Per Child project.) We’re currently soliciting one penny from 10,000 investment bankers to buy one.