Please take a look at my latest project: the wreckers
http://dev2.manme.org.uk/~davem/wreckers

The wreckers is an online tool which generates a collaborative
networked illustration on a specific issue - the recent story of the
looting of goods washed ashore from the grounded container ship MSC
Napoli on the Devonshire coast.

Each illustration aims to project an objective/ rounded view of the
subject. I do this by mixing live public comments with my drawings.

There are two sets of comments being pulled into the picture: a BBC
'Have your say' RSS feed
(http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?threadIDS61&&&&&edition=1&ttl 070203200654)
on the subject of the wreckers, and the user comments posted on the
wreckers website. The comments support or conflict with each other -
there's a debate going on within the picture. This mix aims to make
the work more relevant/ connected to the subject, but also to give
rise to chance forms and connections that can make interesting
pictures, with chance unintended meanings.

The RSS feed and user comments are converted into shapes, so all the
forms in the picture are built dynamically by the data.

I invite everyone to participate and generate their own pictures -
there is an option to print at postcard size at 300dpi. The more
participators, the richer the work becomes, as all user comments are
integrated into the generated pictures.

My intention is to select the five best generated pictures, and then
regenerate them on a bigger scale as large prints in an exhibition or
gallery setting.

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About my work:
I'm interested in democratising art creation, and believe that by
making my work open I can make it more interactive, relevant and
richer.

The core of my work is illustrated stories: satirical and
socio-political - using traditional media as well as online and
networked media. My works aim to exploit the online medium,
especially: collaborative, networked, computer generated. This work is
a progression of my past recent works which integrate networked data
into stories and illustrations.

Please see my blog for further details of my work:
http://dev1.manme.org.uk/~davem/davemiller_art_blog/