June 16, 2006
The Inner Beauty of Spam
A visual artist at the University of California at San Diego has found a use for spam — not the gelatinous meat product, but the kind that clogs up your e-mail inbox with offers of cheap Rolexes and rapid weight loss.
Alex Dragulescu, manager of the university's Experimental Game Lab, makes art out of Internet trash by "recycling" junk e-mail messages into intricate computer art.
Last spring, for his master's thesis in fine art, he created a work called "Pseudocode,"
This is an article for subscribers only. You may access this article by purchasing a:
Digital or Print Subscription
Web Pass
Already have an account? Log In Now.
-
First Person
-
Notes From Academe
-
Commentary
