#timejetty is a collective narrative composed on Twitter over one week by Virgil Wong’s Media Design graduate students at The New School. Inspired by André Breton, Chris Marker, and Tim Burton, this time travel exquisite corpse tells the remarkable story that begins with an envelope hand-written letter and several old photographs.
Oct 10
"She grabbed the envelope, one tattered picture fell out. A boy. He looked familiar. She gasped." #timejetty pic.twitter.com/4YUBA0su9M
— Richard Huff (@richmhuff) October 10, 2014
"Her best friend and roommate Abbey asks her, 'Who is that little boy?'" #timejetty
— Sean Finnegan (@srf2k8) October 10, 2014
"I have no idea. But I would love to find out. Maybe there are clues in the other photos in this envelope! Let's keep looking" #timejetty
— Emily Dinkel (@eDinks) October 10, 2014
"Andria and Abbey sit down at the flea market cafe. Andria starts to take the other photo's out of the envelope and suddenly…" #timejetty
— Jenna (@jennadems) October 10, 2014
"i don't find any clue but i really want to know who is this little boy?" #timejetty
— nikhil kaul (@kaulnikhil7) October 10, 2014
"The flea market vender reached out a dirty, gnarled hand. 'Five bucks and the envelope is yours,' he said." #timejetty
— Richard Huff (@richmhuff) October 11, 2014
"i don't find any clue but i really want to know who is this little boy?" #timejetty
— nikhil kaul (@kaulnikhil7) October 10, 2014
"abbey turns to her husband and ask, 'do you recognize this little boy?' he nods no at first glance but that would soon change." #timejetty
— jamal. (@fatfemme) October 11, 2014
Oct 11
"The flea market vender reached out a dirty, gnarled hand. 'Five bucks and the envelope is yours,' he said." #timejetty
— Richard Huff (@richmhuff) October 11, 2014
"Andria, her husband Marc, and Abbey look all look intrigued…should they buy it? Andria ask's the vendor, where's it from?" #timejetty
— Jenna (@jennadems) October 11, 2014
"As the vendor explains the envelopes origin, Abbey realizes she is missing her purse when she went to pay for the envelope." #timejetty
— Sean Finnegan (@srf2k8) October 11, 2014
"abbey panics and screams, 'my purse, my purse…it is missing; have you seen it?' andria and marc respond yes, pointing forward" #timejetty
— jamal. (@fatfemme) October 12, 2014
Oct 12
"A boy zips past them, running away with Andria's purse. They chase after him down a narrow cobble stone side-street in London." #timejetty
— Jenna (@jennadems) October 12, 2014
"Stop him! Stop him! They run & yell. But nobody moves to help them, they just watch the three of them run thru the street" #timejetty
— Emily Dinkel (@eDinks) October 12, 2014
"The streets are packed but they continue their desperate pursuit to find the little boy" #timejetty
— Sean Finnegan (@srf2k8) October 12, 2014
"Out of breath, Andria and Marc stop running. 'Did you see him,' she asks. 'It was the kid in the picture,' Marc says." #timejetty.
— Richard Huff (@richmhuff) October 13, 2014
"abbey stops suddenly and began walking towards the little boy. she approaches him from behind to grab him but it wasn't him." #timejetty
— jamal. (@fatfemme) October 13, 2014
Oct 13
"How's that even possible? The photo must have been at least 50 years old but I'm 100% sure that this was the boy!" #timejetty
— tobi hazur (@t_hazur) October 13, 2014
"Abbey started asking questions to the kid. Who are u, what is your name? Is this your picture?" #timejetty
— nikhil kaul (@kaulnikhil7) October 13, 2014
#timejetty "While lucy is about to lose mind.She got a mystery phonecall,'I know where your parents r.' a man murmured,' you must follow me.
— ling (@lulingwu) October 13, 2014
Before Abbey (Andria) could say anything the man hang up. And the boy disappeared yet again. #timejetty
— Brittney Johns (@brittney4000) October 13, 2014
"She's upset, but Andria is thrilled to see she's still has the envelope of photos. She pulls one out…" #timejetty pic.twitter.com/bGHhWL85bi
— Emily Dinkel (@eDinks) October 14, 2014
"Oh my lord," Marc said looking at the picture. "Andria, it's your father!" #timejetty
— Richard Huff (@richmhuff) October 14, 2014
Oct 14
"Look, there's writing on the back of this photo. 'meet at london eye tomorrow, 6:30' – should we go?" #timejetty
— tobi hazur (@t_hazur) October 14, 2014
#timejetty "He didn't show up. There is no note left or phonecall anymore. Lucy lost contact with him. Lucy is exhausted and fall asleep."
— ling (@lulingwu) October 14, 2014
"We have to go! The boy we chased is clearly trying to lead us to something! What if he knows the secret behind my fathers death!"#timejetty
— Emily Dinkel (@eDinks) October 15, 2014
"andria, marc & abbey head to the london eye & arrive to a surprise: the little boy at the tower, this time crying hysterically." #timejetty
— jamal. (@fatfemme) October 15, 2014
"Andria, Marc & Abbey headed towards the tower. There were a guard blocking their way. 'How are we supposed to get there?'" #timejetty
— Brittney Johns (@brittney4000) October 15, 2014
Oct 15
#timejetty "Andria cried b/c she thought the photos were ruined, but the ink actually revealed a secret message inside the photos"
— Jasmine Pittman (@mediadesignJP) October 15, 2014
The message read "we are being watched to find me you must find the first clue hidden in the dungeon of London tower" #timejetty
— alanna caplin (@acaplin1) October 15, 2014
"The message reads,'remember our childhood.' Andria's face lit up and she finally figured everything out."#timejetty pic.twitter.com/zzPTYCQ3FN
— Sean Finnegan (@srf2k8) October 15, 2014
#timejetty " 'You made a mistake,Lucy. This is NOT your world! ' The man finnally showed up in her dream .' The dream is YOUR real world."
— ling (@lulingwu) October 16, 2014
#timejetty " 'You made a mistake,Lucy. This is NOT your world! ' The man finnally showed up in her dream .' The dream is YOUR real world."
— ling (@lulingwu) October 16, 2014
"Andria turns to tell Abbey and Mark what she realized, but they were nowhere to be found…." #timejetty
— Emily Dinkel (@eDinks) October 16, 2014
"'Abbey? Mark?' Andria then looked at the photo and saw their faces. She dropped the photos when the boy appeared." #timejetty
— Brittney Johns (@brittney4000) October 16, 2014
#timejetty "Let me read it yelled her brother. "No! I've got it!" said Andria. They begin to fight over the photos!
— Jasmine Pittman (@mediadesignJP) October 16, 2014