Project Summary
This project examines how meme logic—replication, compression, shock, and social signaling— existed decades before the internet. These artifacts circulated through offices, copy rooms, fax machines, and mail, functioning as analog predecessors to modern memes.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Mock Certificate Targeting Civil Rights Language
Curatorial analysis
This piece mimics the visual authority of official certificates to weaponize irony. By borrowing bureaucratic formatting, it attempts to legitimize ridicule through institutional aesthetics. This technique is an early example of authority spoofing that later became common in digital meme culture.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.
Untitled Office-Copy Artifact
Curatorial analysis
This artifact reflects the casual reproduction culture of office copy rooms in the pre-digital era. Its structure prioritizes shock, recognizability, and ease of replication over authorship or context.