BumpList
by Jonah-Brucker Cohen
artport gatepage June 03
http://www.artport.whitney.org
Jonah Brucker-Cohen's project "BumpList" re-examines the culture and rules
of online e-mail lists by subverting and denying the paradigms of online
communication that we usually take for granted.
"BumpList" is an e-mail list that only allows for a minimum amount of
subscribers: when a new person joins the list, the person who subscribed
first is 'bumped' off the list. Once subscribed, you can only be
unsubscribed if someone else subscribes and bumps you off.
"BumpList" is an experiment that 'studies' the effects of these self-imposed
constraints: will method and manner of correspondences and behaviors of
subscribers change over time? E-mail lists provide an ongoing public forum
that usually isn't characterized by exclusivity and competitive behaviors
such as elbowing for 'air time.' BumpList is an attempt to investigate how
communication changes under pressures of competition.
Artport gatepage June 03: Jonah Brucker Cohen's "BumpList"
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BumpList
by Jonah-Brucker Cohen
artport gatepage June 03
http://artport.whitney.org
Jonah Brucker-Cohen's project "BumpList" re-examines the culture and
rules of online e-mail lists by subverting and denying the paradigms of
online communication that we usually take for granted.
"BumpList" is an e-mail list that only allows for a minimum amount of
subscribers: when a new person joins the list, the person who subscribed
first is 'bumped' off the list. Once subscribed, you can only be
unsubscribed if someone else subscribes and bumps you off.
"BumpList" is an experiment that 'studies' the effects of these
self-imposed constraints: will method and manner of correspondences and
behaviors of subscribers change over time? E-mail lists provide an
ongoing public forum that usually isn't characterized by exclusivity and
competitive behaviors such as elbowing for 'air time.' BumpList is an
attempt to investigate how communication changes under pressures of
competition.