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28  Mar,  2017  @  Aarhus  University  Winnie  Soon  |  siusoon.net  

 

Execu?ng  Tasks:  Spam  as  Automated  Agents  

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What  is  par?cipa?on?  

Google  image  search  as  of  22  Mar  2017    

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What  is  par?cipa?on?  

Google  image  search  as  of  22  Mar  2017    

the  ac?on  of  taking  part  in  something  Involvement  |  taking  part  |  engagement  |  contribu?on  …  

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[W]hat  was  trash  becomes  things,  what  was  an  instrument  becomes  a  par?cipant,  what  was  foodstuff  becomes  agent,  what  was  adaman?ne  becomes  intensity.  We  see  how  an  animal,  plant,  mineral,  or  ar?fact  can  some?mes  catalyze  a  public,  and  we  might  then  see  how  to  devise  more  effec?ve  [experimental]  tac?cs…    

         (BenneU  2010,  p.  107)  

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an  actant  is  a  source  of  ac?on  that  can  be  either  human  or  nonhuman;  it  is  that  which  has  efficacy,  can  do  things,  has  sufficient  coherence  to  make  a  difference,  produce  effects,  alter  course  of  events.    

                 (BenneU  2010,  p.  viii)  

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SPAM  Email  

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Sent  by  Gary  Thuerk,  a  marketer  for  the  Digital  Equipment  Corpora?on,  in  1978  

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Eksempel  på  et  citat    

Du  kan  se  alle  ?lgængelige    layouts  ved  at  vælge  

’Layout’  i    højreklik-­‐menuen  

The  term  spamming  was  applied  to  a  few  different  behaviours.  One  was  to  flood  the  computer  with  too  much  data  in  order  to  crash  it.  Another  was  to  “spam  the  database”  by  having  a  program  create  a  huge  number  of  objects,  rather  than  crea?ng  them  by  hand.      

             (Templeton,  n.d)  

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Digital  Consump?on  

Spam  Produc?on  

Muta?ng  iden??es  

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[SITE  OF  YOU]      Hey  I  like  your  page,  but  you  have  no  control!    Hi,  my  name  is  Yvonne  and  I'm  the  webmaster  of  “Crack  the  Code."    It’s  is  open  to  all  and  is  fun  way  to  substan?al  money.    This  is  Yvonne  Zain  Bin  Abidin.      Let’s  collaborate  together.  I  made  this  to  help.    

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[JUST  RENT  THE  DATA]    Can  it  forensic?    The  apple  is  too  full?    Carrier  loca?ons  arise  from  what?  When  was  it  sent?    Which  encrypted  customers?    IQ's  up  the  what?      Configure  this.  Just  rent  the  data.  

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(Berry  2011:17)    

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“We  wander  around  the  network,    seamlessly  and  mindlessly,  and  you  wanted  to  trash  us,  but  we  are  s?ll  everywhere.  We  are  just  the  children  of  your  economic  and  social  system,  but  you  ignore  and  avoid  us.    We  are  not  dead,  we  write,  we  create.”  

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Sending…  

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Receiving…  

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Computer  code  is  not  solely  technical  though,  and  must  be  understood  with  respect  to  both  the  'cultures  of  souware'  that  produce  it,  but  also  the  cultures  of  consump?on  that  surround  it  

(Berry  2011:17)    

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(Berry  2011:17)    

Sending…  

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Souware  Art  Prac?ce:    -­‐  Make  inquiries  -­‐  Express  crea?ve  thoughts  -­‐  Perform  interven?on  -­‐  See/imagine  phenomena  in  new  ways  -­‐  Invite  unfinished  thinking  -­‐  Inform  academic  wri?ng  -­‐  Cons?tute  research  outcome      

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Eksempel  på  et  citat    

Du  kan  se  alle  ?lgængelige    layouts  ved  at  vælge  

’Layout’  i    højreklik-­‐menuen  

Ar?s?c  prac?ce  is  not  only  the  result  of  the  research,  but  also  its  methodological  vehicle,  when  the  research  unfolds  in  and  through  the  acts  of  crea?ng  and  performing.    

(Borgdorff  2011,  p.  46)    

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Opportuni?es:      -­‐  How  to  inves?gate  infrastructure/technical  systems?    -­‐  How  may  we  understand  cultural  system  via  reading/wri?ng  code?  -­‐  As  an  artwork,  how  to  get  a  balance  of  control  and  make  sense  of  

the  use  of  language?    

 

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Thank  You  Winnie  Soon  |  siusoon.net