BITMAPPING, say it out loud - the the very name of the latest Cornerhouse exhibition exudes modernity.

 And in an age where anyone can be an internet or reality TV star, it fits that anyone with a camera phone can be an artist in this innovative new photography exhibition.

 Bitmapping, so named after the computing term for organising images and displays into pixels, was devised by CMYK Collective and Cornerhouse.

 The pixels in the exhibition are the one thousand students, artists and anyone else who sends a text message to sign up and take part in a visual version of Chinese whispers. After signing up the 'artists' receive a photo text message and must respond with their own picture message within two hours.

 Deyan Raykov, of CMYK Collective, said: "We left the players to surprise us.

 "We wanted to let them use our space in their own way. A player only gets one image and has two hours to respond in a way they understand.

 "Then the images are hung as a chain in Cornerhouse café bar for everyone to explore. The chains evolve daily with new images coming in. The result is a visualisation of a virtual society from the viewers perspective.


 "The project uses widely available technologies to break down the concept that only few people can be creative.

 "We aim to show how easy it is to be creative just by what you do in your daily life - in this case, you can take pictures and send them with your mobile phones."

 There are no prescriptive ideal subjects or styles of images submitted. As long as the person taking the picture knows the connection between the received image and their responding image another link has been added to thenarrative chain and a story is kept alive.

 Deyan added: "The exhibition challenges the "celebrity" model, there is nocurator and no one has more control over the story than anyone else.

 "It mimics the "free culture" model that is taking speed in the alternative social spaces and avoiding the culture-controlled topdown ones. Anyone can contribute to the multicultural prism and anyone can read the story from their own angle."

Bitmapping runs until Sunday, June 17. Anyone interested in signing up to contribute in the exhibition must have an MMS enabled camera phone and should text BITMAP NEWS to 60300 to join in. There is a single charge of 50p and anyone can play as many times as they like before Friday, June 1.  Click here for more information.