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minutiae
Developerminutiae LLC
Release2017; 9 years ago (2017)
Operating systemiOS, Android
TypePhotography, Conceptual art
LicenseProprietary
Websiteminutiae-app.org

minutiae is an anonymous photography app and conceptual art project created by Martin Adolfsson and Daniel J Wilson. The app prompts all participants simultaneously, once per day at a randomly selected minute, to photograph whatever is in front of them. The project spans 1,440 days, corresponding to the number of minutes in 24 hours.

History

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The concept was developed in 2014 by Martin Adolfsson and Daniel J Wilson while participating in NEW INC, the New Museum's art and technology incubator in New York City.[1] The project received funding from Konstnärsnämnden, the Swedish Arts Grants Committee.[2] The project was presented at art book fairs in London, New York, Los Angeles between 2015 and 2017 before launching as a mobile app in 2017.

From December 2023 to March 2024, minutiae was featured in a participatory exhibit at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.[1]

In May 2025, Columbia University Libraries announced the acquisition of the minutiae archival collection, described as among the first archives of a mobile application to enter an academic library.[1] The collection comprises a bespoke version of the app loaded onto an iPhone containing the complete 1,440-day photo cycles of eleven participants, a physical book version of one participant's complete cycle, oral history interviews with the creators, and the underlying source code held in a restricted repository.

Reception

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Upon its launch, minutiae received coverage from technology and culture publications. Wired described it as "the curious app that captures your unfiltered life."[3] Vice covered it as an "anti-social media app for sharing your mundane moments."[4] Hyperallergic described it as a "follower-free app" offering "an intimate view into a random stranger's life."[5] The Times described it as an app that "marvels at the mundane."[6]

The Financial Times covered the app twice, with technology correspondent Tim Bradshaw writing about it at launch in 2017 as an "antidote to Instagram and Facebook,"[7] and again in 2021 after completing his own 1,440-day cycle, calling the result "a document of my existence unlike any I would otherwise photograph, let alone post on Instagram."[8]

The app also received coverage in the Süddeutsche Zeitung,[9] El Mundo,[10] Göteborgs-Posten,[2] and Dagens Industri.[11]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Columbia University Libraries Acquires the Archival Collection of MINUTIAE Mobile App". Columbia University Libraries. May 21, 2025. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  2. 1 2 Frid, Karin (2021-07-16). "Fånga vardagens stunder i globala konstprojektet Minutiae". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  3. ↑ "The Curious App That Captures Your Unfiltered Life". Wired. May 2017. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  4. ↑ "The Anti-Social Media App for Sharing Your Mundane Moments". Vice. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  5. ↑ "A Follower-Free App Asks You to Photograph Moments You Normally Don't Share". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  6. ↑ "Antisocial media app Minutiae marvels at the mundane". The Times. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  7. ↑ Bradshaw, Tim (2017). "'Anti-social' photo app offers antidote to Instagram and Facebook". Financial Times. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  8. ↑ Bradshaw, Tim (2021-08-16). "Lessons for Big Tech from the 'anti-social' photo app". Financial Times. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  9. ↑ "Kurz gesichtet". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  10. ↑ Robles, Jose María (2017-11-04). "Minutiae: una red social contra el postureo". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  11. ↑ "Deras konstapp har laddats ned 25 000 gånger – motsats till sociala medier". Dagens Industri (in Swedish). Retrieved 2026-06-18.
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