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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 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 watercolourshas 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 nextout-and-about, you too can entrust this mini-masterpieceinto further grateful and safe-looking hands.The aim of the experiment is to see how long it takes for the pictureto 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. Still in Tirana (11.04.08)
Experiment 3.          Algiera. Algiers
Experiment 4.          Angola. Luanda.
Experiment 5.          Antigua and Barbuda. St. John's.
Experiment 6.          Argentina. Buenos Aires.
Experiment 7.          Amenia. Yerevan.
Experiment 8.          Ascension Isalnad. Georgetown.
Experiment 9           Australia. Canberra.
Experiment 10.        Austria. Vienna.
Experiment 11.        Azerbaijan. Baku.
Experiment 12.        Bahrain. Manama.
Experiment 13.        Bangladesh. Dhaka.
Experiment 14.        Barbados. Bridgetown.
Experiment 15.        Belarus. Minsk.
Experiment 16.        Belgium. Brussels.
Experiment 17.        Belize. Belmopan. Still in Belize (26.04.08)
Experiment 18.        Benin. Cotonou.
Experiment 19.        Bermuda. Hamilton. Still in Bermuda (15.04.08)
Experiment 20.        Bolivia. La Paz. Still in La Paz (29.04.08)
Experiment 21.        Bosnia. Sarajevo.
Experiment 22.        Botswana. Gaborone.
Experiment 23.        Brazil. Brasilia.
Experiment 24.        British Virgin Islands. Tortola.
Experiment 25.        Brunei. Bandar Seri Begawan. Still in Brunei (18.04.08)
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.
Experiment 33.        Cape Verde. Sao Vincente.
Experiment 34.        Cayman Islands. George Town.
Experiment 35.        Chile. Santiago.
Experiment 36.        China. Beijing.
Experiment 37.        Colmbia. Bogota.
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)
Experiment 45.        Djibouti.Now in London (28.04.08)
Experiment 46.        Dominica. Roseau.
Experiment 47.        Dominican Republic. Santo Domingo.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Experiment 139.      Samoa. Apia.
Experiment 140.      Germany. Pfaffenhofen.
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!
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)
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)
Experiment 156.      Suriname. Paramaribo.
Experiment 157.      Swaziland. Mbabane.
Experiment 158.      Sweden. Stockholm.
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)
Experiment 168.      Turkey. Ankara. Was in Istanbul (16.04.08). Now back in London (04.05.08)
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)
Experiment 174.      United Kingdom. London.
Experiment 175.      United States of America. Washington.
Experiment 176.      Uruguay. Montevideo.
Experiment 177.      Uzbekistan. Tashkent.
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)
Experiment 181.      Zambia. Lusaka. Now in Oxford (23.04.08)
Experiment 182.      Zimbabwe. Harare. In Cape Town (18.04.08) Now in Mauritius (22.04.08)

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)
Experiment 185       Wales.
Experiment 186.      UK. Cotswolds.
Experiment 187.      Scotland. Edinburgh.
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)
Experiment 191       South Africa. Cape Town. Still in Cape Town (04.05.08)
Experiment 192       UK. London 

Experiment I
Experiment II
Experiment III
Experiment IV
Experiment V
Experiment VI
Experiment VII Was in France. Now in Switzerland. About to go to Fielding, New Zealand. (5.06.08)
Experiment VIII
Experiment IX
Experiment X
Experiment XI
Experiment XII  Now in Houston USA (1.06.08)
Experiment XIII
Experiment XIV
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)
Experiment XVI  Now in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. (15.04.08)
Experiment XVII
Experiment XVIII
Experiment XIX
Experiment XX
Experiment XXI
Experiment XXII
Experiment XXIII
Experiment XXIV
Experiment XXV
Experiment XXVI
Experiment XXVII
Experiment XXVIII
Experiment XXIX
Experiment XXX
Experiment XXXI
Experiment XXXII
Experiment XXXIII
Experiment XXXIV
Experiment XXXV
Experiment XXXVI.   USA. New York.
Experiment XXXVII
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 XLI         UK. London
Experiment XLII        UK. London
Experiment XLIII        UK. London
Experiment XLIV       UK. London
Experiment XLV.       Monaco. Still in Monaco (22.04.08)
Experiment XLVI        UK. London
Experiment XLVII       UK. London
Experiment XLVIII      UK. London
Experiment XLIX        UK. London
Experiment L            UK. LOndon


   
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