Field of Vision : New York was the first in a series of events organised by Digital Art Projects, an international network initiated by a small group of artists in the UK in 2004. More than 230 participants sent 960 images as e-mail attachments from across the globe, following a call for submissions over the internet. The call was published in English, Chinese, Spanish and German, attracting contributions from 23 countries.

500 images were selected from this unique image bank, printed out postcard size and assembled into a billboard format collage on location at the Lab Gallery, New York in September 2004. The collage is now recycled into a website where visitors can scroll across and zoom into each of the 500 focus points spread on the 10 x 30 feet surface.

Building the field from material sent by an extensive group of diverse artists and edited by the organising group involves deconstructing, refiguring narratives and mediating between cultural and media conventions without aiming for a pre-conceived outcome. Digital Art Projects is developing this structure as a vital means of exploring the spaces we inhabit and for making sense of present time with its multiplicity of perceptions - our collective field of vision.

Field of Vision: New York investigates how people from across the world view the city at this point in time and includes images from artists whose home countries are as far apart as Taiwan, Mexico, Brazil, Finland, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Slovenia, Chile, Nigeria, Senegal, USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Ireland, Australia, Serbia, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Italy and South Africa.