Fad or no fad, Chatroulette’s 15 minutes of fame isn’t up just yet. An art gallery is showing “a tableau of human reactions” gleaned from the viral video chat site; the exhibit is called the Narcissus Series.According to the gallery’s curators, “The premise of the Narcissus Series is to recreate the conditions of the myth and capture that moment of self-recognition. Bespoke software was created to divert the incoming video feed, reflect it and feed it back so that each person was confronted with their own reflected image, in place of an expected remote random partner.”In other words, instead of being connected to another human being, the Chatroulette user on the other end of this program would just see themselves upside down, which references the mythical character Narcissus seeing his reflection in a body of water.Between February and May, several thousand people were captured for this art project. We don’t know whether these people have given their permission for the use of their likeness; still, the results are interesting.“Narcissus Lament” is a 10-minute video grid (excerpt below) composed of 108 separate frames displaying still shots of Chatroulette users experiencing their own “moment of self-recognition.” The exhibit also includes “Regret,” “Redemption” and “Remorse,” three prints containing 576 images each.The artist, Liubo Borissov, is an assistant professor at Pratt Institute’s Department of Digital Arts. His work lives at the intersection of science, technology and art. If Narcissus interests you, we recommend giving his Vimeo channel a gander, too.So tell us, which kind of Chatroulette-inspired art do you prefer: the Narcissus Series or Merton the Chatroulette Piano Guy?More About: art, chatroulette, exhibit, gallery, video chatFor more Social Media coverage:Follow Mashable Social Media on TwitterBecome a Fan on FacebookSubscribe to the Social Media channelDownload our free apps for iPhone and iPad

Seems photo projects are the theme around here for the moment. The newest one that I’ve stumbled across is called Before I die, I want to…. Artistic duo Nicole Kenney and ks rives each carry a Polaroid camera with them at all times, stopping to snap a shot of the interesting people they come across. And, for every shot they take, they ask the person what dream they’d like to accomplish during their lifetime. All of the photos (and dreams) are collected on their site http://beforeidieiwantto.org for the world to see. Their hope is to reconnect with all of their subjects in a few (read 10 or 20?) years to see how they’re coming with their dreams. Seeing online that other people are fulfilling their desires will motivate participants to complete their task and write a story of their own. They’ve also taken this hobby/project on the road. The two recently spent three months traveling through India, Polaroids close at hand, asking the locals the very same question. Those dreams are also collected on a separate section of the site. If you want to share with Nicole and ks your personal dream, they’re taking submissions from around the world as well. Just follow the directions here to share with them.

The ITP Show is billed as "a festival of interactive sight, sound and technology from the student artists and innovators," and it is just that.  ITP, the Interactive Telecommunications Program, is an arts graduate program at NYU that continually attracts great people and delivers great ideas and work.This past Monday night, I got a chance to attend the Spring Show and saw tons of great art...

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Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR. Designer Mike Rohde was hired to created real time sketchnotes for this year's SXSW. I am only on slide eight and my eyes are wide: 1. Love the way this tells the story of SXSW. 2. SXSW's brand is catapulted thanks to this and similar types of UGC. What happens when great creators are allowed to express their engagement with a brand or brand event? 3. The art...

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