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In April 2008 Jeremy Houghton launched a worldwide artistic experiment. He posted 182 of his 'window' montages, each one comprising of three original miniature 'window' watercolours, to the British Ambassador or High Commissioner of every country in the world. And fifty extra ones (numbered with roman numerals at the end of the below list) also got sent to friends in distant places. These people were all asked to simply hand the picture on to someone else to get Jeremy's global experiment up and running. On the back of each montage is the following message:

This montage of three original miniature watercolours has been handed to you by someone who thought you looked appreciative and trustworthy, or just plain lovely.Take it, own it and enjoy it for a short while. Please don’t get too attached to it, so that when you are next out-and-about, you too can entrust this mini-masterpiece into further grateful and safe-looking hands.The aim of the experiment is to see how long it takes for the picture to be handed back to Jeremy Houghton, the artist who painted it.
 

If you have been handed one of these experiments, before you pass it on, Jeremy would be very grateful if you could go to the contact page on this website, and let him know it's number, and where and when you were given it. By doing this he will be able to track each of the journeys these pictures have been on. All these stories and records will help contribute to an exhibition of his 'windows'  when (or if!) he gets some of them back.

The experiments started in the following places, and the red writing shows where they are or where they've been...

Experiment 1.          Afganistan. Kabul.
Experiment 2.          Albania. Tirana. In Tirana (11.04.08) Now in Cairo (12.08.08) still there (15.09.08)

Experiment 3.          Algiera. Algiers
Experiment 4.          Angola. Luanda.

Experiment 5.          Antigua and Barbuda. St. John's. Now in St Lucia with a lady called Beauty! (2.07.08) In Rodney Bay (13.07.08). Taken by a Virgin Stewardess back to London (5.01.09) Just cropped up in Wales! (30.03.09)
Experiment 6.          Argentina. Buenos Aires.
Experiment 7.          Amenia. Yerevan.
Experiment 8.          Ascension Isalnad. Georgetown.
Experiment 9           Australia. Canberra. Went with the Ozzy Hockey team to the Olympics (01.09.08). Still in Beijing (12.09.09). Now the fifth experiment to be sent to New Zealand. (02.01.09)
Experiment 10.        Austria. Vienna. Now in The Alpes (01.07.08) 'i love my experiment no 10 so much i am loathed to give it away. i am bringing it back to England with me for Christmas. i'll see if any of my friends or relations are generous enough to me, to persuade me to give it to one of them....' (18.12.08)
Experiment 11.        Azerbaijan. Baku.
Experiment 12.        Bahrain. Manama.
Experiment 13.        Bangladesh. Dhaka.
Experiment 14.        Barbados. Bridgetown. Just turned up for the first time in Colorado! (28.12.08) Now in Iowa USA (23.03.08)
Experiment 15.        Belarus. Minsk.
Experiment 16.        Belgium. Brussels.
Experiment 17.        Belize. Belmopan. Still in Belize (26.04.08) Now in Guatemala (13.05.08)
Experiment 18.        Benin. Cotonou.
Experiment 19.        Bermuda. Hamilton. Still in Bermuda (15.04.08) Now in Cuba (24.05.08) 'i saw experiment 19 pinned to a bar in Cuba. they dont want to lose it... they wouldn't let me take... so its going nowhere quickly my friend!!' (12.02.09)
Experiment 20.        Bolivia. La Paz. Still in La Paz (29.04.08)
Experiment 21.        Bosnia. Sarajevo.

Experiment 22.        Botswana. Gaborone. Been through the Okavango, Now in Namibia (22.06.08) Now in Windhoek (13.07.08)
Experiment 23.       
Brazil. Brasilia.
Experiment 24.        British Virgin Islands. Tortola.
Experiment 25.        Brunei. Bandar Seri Begawan. Still in Brunei (18.04.08) Now in Siba, on a house boat (2.06.08)
Experiment 26.        Bulgaria. Sofia.
Experiment 27.        Burkina Faso. Ouagadougou.

Experiment 28.        Burma. Rangoon.
Experiment 29.        Burundi. Bujumbura.
Experiment 30.        Cambodia. Phon Penh.
Experiment 31.        Cameroon. Yaounde.
Experiment 32.        Canada. Ottawa. Now in Buffalo (12.06.08). Now in Prince Albert (23.2.09)
Experiment 33.        Cape Verde. Sao Vincente.
Experiment 34.        Cayman Islands. George Town.
Experiment 35.        Chile. Santiago.
Experiment 36.       
China. Beijing. Now in Hong Kong (06.07.08). Now in Singapore 'on my mantlepiece' (08.11.08) reluctantly been sent to Hong Kong (11.03.09)
Experiment 37.        Colombia. Bogota. just pitched up in Puerto Rico (03.03.09)
Experiment 38.        Congo. Kinshasa.
Experiment 39.        Croatia. Zagreb.
Experiment 40.        Cuba. Havana.
Still in Havana, having been cut up and searched by customs! However, the kind Ambassador stuck it all back together and sent it on its way again! (23.04.08)
Experiment 41.        Cyprus. Zygi.
Experiment 42.        Czech Republic. Prague.
Experiment 43.        Costa Rica. San Jose.
Experiment 44.        Denmark. Copenhagen.
Still in Copenhagen (25.04.08) Has made it to Hamburg(12.10.08)
Experiment 45.        Djibouti.
Now in London (28.04.08)
Experiment 46.        Dominica. Roseau.
Experiment 47.        Dominican Republic. Santo Domingo.'I received this montage in Madrid, and right now is in the Basque Country preparing for a trip abroad soon.Very interesting experiment, and I'm glad to have benn part of it!' (04.11.08)
Experiment 48.        Ecuador. Quito.
Experiment 49.        Egypt. Cairo.
Experiment 50.        El Salvador. San Salvador.
Experiment 51.        Eritrea. Asmara.
Experiment 52.        Estonia. Tallinn.
Experiment 53.        Ethiopia. Addis Ababa.

Experiment 54.       
Falkland Islands. Stanley. In Falkland Islands (05.05.08) and soon to be off to South Georgia Island (07.05.08). Is now on one of Her Majesty's War ships pinned to a mast!
Experiment 55.        Fiji. Suva.
Experiment 56.        Finland. Helsinki.
Experiment 57.        France. Paris. Dropped from the Eiffel Tower. Is now in the lucky hands of the tourist who picked it up! (12.05.08)
Experiment 58.        Gabon. Libreville.
Experiment 59.       
Gambia. Banjul.
Experiment 60.        Georgia. Tbilisi.
Experiment 61.        Germany. Berlin.
Experiment 62.        Ghana. Accra.
Experiment 63.       
Gibraltar. Gibraltar.
Experiment 64.        Greece. Athens. Still in Greece (29.04.08). Has made its way to Istanbul (09.09.08) Now in Malta (1.03.09)
Experiment 65.        Grenada. St George's.
Experiment 66.        Guatemala. Guatemala City.
Experiment 67.        Guinea-Bissau. Bissau.
Experiment 68.       
Guyana. Georgetown.
Experiment 69.        Haiti. Port-au-Prince.
Experiment 70.       
Holy See / Vatican City. Rome.
Experiment 71.        Honduras. San Pedro Sula.
Experiment 72.        Hong Kong.
Experiment 73.        Hungary. Budapest. Still being passed around Budapest (9.04.08)
Experiment 74.        Iceland. Reykjavik. From here it went to Marlow (UK), then Kidderminster (UK) and now it is in Toronto, Canada. I am told it will next be going to Meaford on the south shore of the Georgian Bay.... (17.04.08)
Experiment 75.        India. New Delhi.
Experiment 76.        Indonesia. Jakarta.
Experiment 77.       
Iran. Tehran.
Experiment 78.        Iraq. Baghdad.
Experiment 79.        Ireland. Dublin. Still in Dublin (14.05.08)
Experiment 80.        Israel. Tel Aviv. Now in London (27.04.08)
Experiment 81.        Italy. Rome.
Experiment 82.        Jamaica. Kingston.
Experiment 83.        Japan. Tokyo. Now in London (24.04.08)
Experiment 84.        Jordan. Amman. Went from Isreal (23.04.08) to Turkey (7.05.08) to Amsterdam (15.05.08) then, via boat, to Russia (28.05.08) to Hong Kong (11.06.08) to Beijing (23.06.08) and now its in Fiji! (9.07.08)
Experiment 85.        Kazakhstan. Astana. Still in Almaty (23.04.08)
Experiment 86.        Kenya. Nairobi. Still in Nairobi (16.04.08). Now in Mombassa (27.08.08). Heading down the east coast of Africa (28.10.08) Now in Cape Town (3.02.09)
Experiment 87.        North Korea. Pyongyang.
Experiment 88.        South Korea. Seoul.
Experiment 89.       
Kuwait.
Experiment 90.        Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek.
Experiment 91.        Laos. Vientiane.
Experiment 92.        Latvia. Riga. Now in Washington DC (07.07.08). Now in LA (30.01.09)
Experiment 93.        Lebanon. Beirut.
Experiment 94.       
Liberia. Monrovia.
Experiment 95.        Libya.Tripoli.
Experiment 96.        Lithuania. Vilnius.
Experiment 97.       
Luxembourg. Still floating aound in Luxembourg (26.06.08)
Experiment 98.        Montenegro. Podgorica.
Experiment 99.        Macedonia. Skopje.
Experiment 100.     
Madagascar. Toamasina.
Experiment 101.      Malawi. Lilongwe. Was in Malawi (30.04.08). Now in Germany(28.07.08) Now in France (12.08.08). Now in Mexico... Wow! (21.11.08)
Experiment 102.      Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur.
Experiment 103.      Mali. Bamako.
Experiment 104.      Malta. Valletta.
Experiment 105.      Mauritiana. Nouakchott.
Experiment 106.      Mauritius. Port Louis.
Experiment 107.      Mexico. Mexico City.
Experiment 108.      Moldova. Chisinau.
Experiment 109.      Mongolia. Ulaanbaatar.
Experiment 110.      Montserrat. Brades.
Experiment 111.      Morocco. Rabat.
Experiment 112.      Mozambique. Maputo. Still in Mozambique, but about to fly to Spain (04.05.08)
Experiment 113.      Namibia. Windhoek.
Experiment 114.      Nepal. Kathmandu.
Experiment 115.      Netherlands. Amsterdam.
Experiment 116.     
New Zealand. Wellington. Was in Wellington (01.05.08) and then Hong Kong (09.05.08). Now UK bound....
Experiment 117.      Nicaragua. Managua.
Experiment 118.      Niger. Niamey.
Experiment 119.      Nigeria. Abuja.
Experiment 120.      Norway. Oslo. Now in Sweden (25.04.08) Now back in Oslo. (12.08.08)
Experiment 121.      Occupied Palestinian Territories. Jerusalem.
Experiment 122.      Oman. Muscat.
Experiment 123.      Pakistan. Islamabad.
Experiment 124.      Panama. Panama City.
Experiment 125.      Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby. Still there (06.07.08) Still there. (23.01.09)
Experiment 126.      Paraguay. Asuncion.
Experiment 127.      Peru. Lima.
Experiment 128.      Philippines. Manila.
Experiment 129.      Poland. Warsaw.
Experiment 130.      Portugal. Lisbon.
Experiment 131.      Qatar. Doha.
Experiment 132.     
Replublic of Guinea. Conakry.
Experiment 133.      Romania. Bucharest.
Experiment 134.     
Russian. Moscow.
Experiment 135.      Rwanda. Kigali.
Experiment 136.      Serbia. Belgrade.
Experiment 137.      St Lucia. Castries.
Experiment 138.      St Vincent. Kingstown. Now in Paris (27.04.08) Still there (24.07.08)
Experiment 139.      Samoa. Apia.
Experiment 140.      Germany. Pfaffenhofen. In a suitcase lost at Heathrow terminal 5 (12.05.08). Obviously recovered as is now among the red lights of Amsterdam (02.11.08)
Experiment 141.     
Sao Tome.
Experiment 142.      Saudi Arabia. Riyadh.
Experiment 143.      Senegal. Dakar.
Experiment 144.      Seychelles. Victoria.
Experiment 145.      Sierra Leone. Freetown.
Experiment 146.      Singapore. Now in Hong Kong (28.06.08) and apparently next off to Chile! Now arrived in Chile (17.06.08)
Experiment 147.      Slovakia. Bratislava.
Experiment 148.      Slovenia. Ljubljana.
Experiment 149.      Soloman Islands. Honiara.
Experiment 150.      Somalia. Mogadishu.
Experiment 151.      South Africa. Pretoria.
Experiment 152.      Spain. Madrid. Was pinched from a pocket during the Euro Football Final celebrations! Come on, own up, whose got it?(03.07.08) Aha! 'Picked up off the ground' and rescued and now in Portugal (19.08.08)
Experiment 153.      Sri Lanka. Colombo.
Experiment 154.      St Helena. Jamestown.
Experiment 155.      Sudan. Khartoum. Its been on a camel but she didn't tell me where! email me again pleeease! (23.06.08). Ok now in Marrakesh! (02.07.08) Now in Tunisia (25.02.09)
Experiment 156.      Suriname. Paramaribo.
Experiment 157.      Swaziland. Mbabane. Now in Zurich (23.06.08) Now Alpes 'covered in snow!' (27.02.09)
Experiment 158.      Sweden. Stockholm. Now on an Oil Rig in North Sea (14.07.08)
Experiment 159.      Switzerland. Berne.
Experiment 160.      Syria. Damascus.

Experiment 161.      Taiwan. Kaohsiung.
Experiment 162.      Tajikstan.
Experiment 163.      Tanzania. Dar es Salaam.
Experiment 164.      Thailand. Bangkok.
Experiment 165.      Togo. Lomé. Still in Togo (23.05.08)
Experiment 166.      Trinidad and Tobago. Port of Spain.
Experiment 167.      Tunisia. Tunis. Still in Tunis (05.06.08). Still there being loved too much. (12.07.08)
Experiment 168.      Turkey. Ankara. Was in Istanbul (16.04.08). Now back in London (04.05.08). Now in Windsor (08.07.08)
Experiment 169.      Turkmenistan. Ashgabat.
Experiment 170.     
Turks and Caicos Islands. Waterloo.
Experiment 171.      Uganda. Kampala.
Experiment 172.      Ukraine. Kiev.
Experiment 173.      United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi. Still in UAE (20.04.08). Now in Muscat (12.06.08)
Experiment 174.      United Kingdom. London.
Experiment 175.      United States of America. Washington.
Experiment 176.      Uruguay. Montevideo.
Experiment 177.      Uzbekistan. Tashkent. 'Just thought you might like to know I have recently been passed your 'experiment 177' and that it has reached Central Asia.' (16.01.09)
Experiment 178.      Venezuela. Caracas.
Experiment 179.      Vietnam. Hanoi. Still in Hanoi (12.05.09)
Experiment 180.      Yemen. Sana'a. Was in Jordan (25.04.08). Now in London (22.05.08) Now in Belfast. (02.06.08). Now behind a bar in Dublin! (29.06.08)  Now in New York (12.07.08) 'Thanks Lovely Barman... come and see me soon x'.
Experiment 181.      Zambia. Lusaka. Now in Oxford (23.04.08) Now in Edinburgh (15.06.08)
Experiment 182.      Zimbabwe. Harare. In Cape Town (18.04.08) Now in Mauritius (22.04.08) Now in Jo'berg (12.05.08)

Experiment 183       New Zealand. Wellington. Still in Wellington (04.05.08)
Experiment 184       UK. Lewes. Got given to a Lovely Cumnor Mummy last week! -thanks Harry! (09.07.08) Now with Rick Stein in Padstow (28.0.08)
Experiment 185       Wales.
Experiment 186.      UK. Cotswolds.
Experiment 187.      Scotland. Edinburgh. Exp 187 has been on my desk at The Scotsman offices. It's still in the building but now on the desk of a colleague who goes by the name of Houghton (no relation, or so she says).
Experiment 188.      N.Ireland.
Experiment 189       Ireland.
Experiment 190       USA. Boston.  In Chicargo. About to fly off to Rancho Santa Fe, California. (09.07.08) Now living in sunny Solana Beach, California (24.10.08)
Experiment 191       South Africa. Cape Town. Still in Cape Town (04.05.08)
Experiment 192       UK. London 


Experiment I  Has gone from Boston to New York, and is now off to Atlanta GA (24.10.08) This one has now been sent on a walking tour around Florence. Sounds wonderful! (17.02.09)
Experiment VII Was in France. Now in Switzerland. About to go to Fielding, New Zealand. (5.06.08)
Experiment ?  Mallorca - Perth Australia - Bangkok (28.12.08)
Experiment XII  Now in Houston USA (1.06.08) Has just been sent to me in Broadway! How? Doesn't count though, as i need to be handed it. so i will send this on its way again! (04.04.09)
Experiment XV  Was in Beijing. Then in Melbourne, Australia (02.05.08). Was in San Diego, USA (15.06.08). Now in Washington DC (21.06.08). Its now on its way to Isreal (27.12.08) experiment XV was handed to me in birthright israel by liza, on jan 8 2009, in the city of Jerusalem, and it is currently in israel.
Experiment XVI  Now in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. (15.04.08)
Experiment XXXVI.   USA. New York.
Experiment XXXVII    UK. London
Experiment XXXVIII    New Zealand. Auckland.
Experiment XXXIX      UK. London
Experiment XL          UK. London. This one has been in a brief case for two months and has travelled backwards and forwards to USA 12 times! Time to make someone feel lovely me thinks....!(01.07.08)
Experiment XLV.       Monaco. Still in Monaco (22.04.08)



   
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