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=Intro=
=Introduction=
Spam is a peculiar kind of literature. A literature that is not
Spam is a peculiar kind of (para)literature. Although it is not intended to be art, it employs artistic strategies in order to succeed in extorting money or collecting information from its recipients. Like other genres of literature, spam possesses its own rules and recurring elements, such as narrative structure, characters and tone. These persistent elements give spam a distinct character and make it easily identifiable, but also serve as insights into our contemporary global culture. By performing a print remediation of spam, we hope to highlight some of its distinguishable aspects.
intended to be art, existing with the sole purpose of extorting
money from others or collecting informations about them. As
any kind of literature, spam has its own inner rules, recurrent
characters and dynamics. Those elements give deep insights
into our contemporary algorithmic culture. Performing a print
remediation, the embedded characteristic of spam become
highlighted.
 


=Objective=
=Objective=
Create a portrait of a character drawing from the spam
Create a portrait of a character drawing from the spam archive. The character doesn't necessarily need to be human, it can be a word, a sum of money, a date, etc. You can work with both text and imagery, juxtapose materials taken from the Web, reinterpret the character's profile, or reflect on the structure, context and poetics of spam messages.
archive; it doesn't necessarily need to be the sender! It could
be a word, an amount of money, a date, etc. You can work
both textually and image-wise, juxtaposing materials taken
from the internet, reinterpreting the characters in a personal
way and reflecting on the structure, the context and poetics
of spam messages.


=Rules=
=Rules=
0. Split in groups of two;
0. Split into groups of two;
1. Choose one (or more) spam email(s) from the archive
 
(http://pzwart3.wdka.hro.nl/django/acastro/collect_spam/spam/)
1. Together with your partner choose one (or more) spam email(s) from the spam archive
or from your own spam folder;
( http://pzwart3.wdka.hro.nl/ django/acastro/collect_spam/ spam/)
2. Analyse the many elements that define the poetics
or from your own junk-mail folder;
of spam: sender, object, inner text, source code, attachments,
 
browser interface, etc;
2. Analyse the different elements of the spam emails (sender, subject, body, source code, attachments, browser interface, etc), looking for insights that will help you create your spam-character portrait;
3. Work on the pdf template: this is basically composed of two
 
pages 14.817cm x 20.99cm. You can use the digital or analog
3. Work on the pdf template (composed by two 14.817cm x 20.99cm pages). Digital and/or analog techniques can be used to fill the template: Paint, collage, calligraphy, photography, screenshots, frottage, etc. Just take into account that the final booklet will be printed in b/w;
technique you prefer to fill those pages: paint, collage,
 
calligraphy, photography, screenshot, frottage, etc. Just take
4. Send your or completed pdf to silviolorusso@gmail.com with the subject: "RE: monosodium glutamate".
into account that the final booklet will be printed in b/w;
4. Send your pdf to silviolorusso@gmail.com with object
"RE:monosodium glutamate"


=Conclusions=
=Conclusion=
All pdfs will be merged together and the resulting booklet will
All pdfs will be merged together into a booklet - a “Bestiary of Spam Characters”. The booklet will be made available through print on demand via Lulu.com, and will also be sent to you and your fellow participants as a pdf.
represent a sort of “bestiary of spam characters”. The booklet
will be available in print on demand on Lulu.com. Anyone
will be able to purchase it for an extremely cheap price.

Latest revision as of 14:46, 25 January 2013

Introduction

Spam is a peculiar kind of (para)literature. Although it is not intended to be art, it employs artistic strategies in order to succeed in extorting money or collecting information from its recipients. Like other genres of literature, spam possesses its own rules and recurring elements, such as narrative structure, characters and tone. These persistent elements give spam a distinct character and make it easily identifiable, but also serve as insights into our contemporary global culture. By performing a print remediation of spam, we hope to highlight some of its distinguishable aspects.

Objective

Create a portrait of a character drawing from the spam archive. The character doesn't necessarily need to be human, it can be a word, a sum of money, a date, etc. You can work with both text and imagery, juxtapose materials taken from the Web, reinterpret the character's profile, or reflect on the structure, context and poetics of spam messages.

Rules

0. Split into groups of two;

1. Together with your partner choose one (or more) spam email(s) from the spam archive ( http://pzwart3.wdka.hro.nl/ django/acastro/collect_spam/ spam/) or from your own junk-mail folder;

2. Analyse the different elements of the spam emails (sender, subject, body, source code, attachments, browser interface, etc), looking for insights that will help you create your spam-character portrait;

3. Work on the pdf template (composed by two 14.817cm x 20.99cm pages). Digital and/or analog techniques can be used to fill the template: Paint, collage, calligraphy, photography, screenshots, frottage, etc. Just take into account that the final booklet will be printed in b/w;

4. Send your or completed pdf to silviolorusso@gmail.com with the subject: "RE: monosodium glutamate".

Conclusion

All pdfs will be merged together into a booklet - a “Bestiary of Spam Characters”. The booklet will be made available through print on demand via Lulu.com, and will also be sent to you and your fellow participants as a pdf.

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