#jesse england
Hi everyone, sorry to have lapsed on emoticons-translated for so long. I’ve been working on a new project tangentially related to translation; in this case, it’s about memory and media archaeology. Thanks~ (=｀ω´=)
The United States Postal Service allows you to preview your mail before it is delivered. I took advantage of this feature to create animations from mailed postcards, like a flipbook scanned through the lens of a federal institution.
It began as an art project with general criticism of government surveillance; these same images of mail are offered by the USPS upon request to almost any law enforcement agency, without warrant. However, in mid August, it quickly shifted towards something much more direct: Criticism of the newly installed, useless Postmaster General, and sincere encouragement to USPS workers to disobey and obfuscate his directives however they may.
Link to longer project description
UPDATE: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielcassady/2020/08/22/washington-postal-workers-defy-usps-orders-and-reinstall-mail-sorting-machines/#7c4c5f145f80 Thank you USPS!
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I’ve made three drawing machines in the guise of a contemporary “lifehack” video. Enjoy!
Concerned about Apple’s deletion of the 3.5mm headphone jack from the iPhone 7? Now you can use ancient pneumatic headphones instead of proprietary Lightning or Bluetooth devices. The phone’s own internal speaker delivers sound to the ears through hollow tubes.
Exhibition, residency and publicity of my works for 2015:
Universal Record (link to Wired interview)
Re-creating a half remembered video game from memory, and finding it while in residency at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (link to Motherboard interviews)
This post from emoticons-translated.tumblr.com becomes a “Top Emoji Post” for Tumblr’s 2015 year in review!
Thank you for a wonderful year, everyone! I look forward to sharing more with you in 2016.
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The software I tried to locate by re-drawing what I could remember from middle school has been located. I recalled some things correctly and incorrectly. (re-creation in B&W, actual is in color.) And the whole thing was way more violent than I remembered.
If you’re interested, I recorded myself playing through the simulation.
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Monthly reminder that weekly updates continue at hello-i-work.tumblr.com, a blog I curate of demonstrative messages found on typewriters for sale on eBay.
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I wrote a chapter in this!
“ArtistJesse England outlines how to make Super 8mm or 16mm film using zero materials from film suppliers—just an inkjet printer.”
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Moonwalkers,byJesse England, 2015, USA.
Woven plastic fabric and nylon cord, dimensions variable. One size fits all.
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I am happy to announce a new project:
Hello, I work.
It is a blog dedicated to demonstrative messages made on typewriters found for sale on eBay.
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Learn to write in different fonts is back with a new challenge: The Tintin book cover font! It proved to be too adventuresome.
Ben Valentine gave my piece E-Book Backupagreat write-up over at Hyperallergic. Thank you, Ben!
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My Futura Italic is a bit rusty. Thankfully, a new episode of Learn to write in different fonts is coming soon!
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Learn to write in different fonts: Jokerman
Book, Print, Ink, Paper, Type: Interview with Jesse England
Of course I don’t expect people to photocopy their e-books or listen to their mp3 files through an analog tape filter, for example. Within my work, I hope to highlight what is lost and gained as we transition from one way of seeing (or hearing) to the next. If nothing else, I want people to know that it is indeed possible to defeat artificial limits on media consumption and generation, even through seemingly ridiculous ways.
Read the full interview on P—DPA
Researcher and artist Silvio Lorusso interviews me for the Post Digital Publishing Archive!
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