Nicholas Fraser

Branding Project #4:

I swear somewhere the truth lies within this wood

 

split firewood

with branded texts

dimensions variable

2012

 

An ongoing series using subject lines from SPAM emails.

 

These emails often sing the praises of erectile dysfunction drugs and cheap luxury goods. Or hope to separate the gullible from their money.

 

The anonymous authors, whether computer ‘bots’ seeking to evade SPAM filters or non-native English speakers, produce grammatically suspect passages and curious wordplay with unintended messages about contemporary relationships, failure, consumerism and mortality