Summary: “Inbox Victory” invites the audience into the art by getting them directly involved- asking for submissions in the form of screenshots of themselves. As described on one IV website- “Have you ever been in the situation where you spend days trying to answer all of your email only to accomplish your goal and have no one to share in your victory? All you want is a high five, a pat on the back, and a “job well done soldier”, and yet most likely all you are left with is an empty room and a cold cup of coffee. Inbox Victory is an initiative that says, “you deserve that high five!”
Response: This work is somewhat for fun, but it does evoke an interesting response- mainly one that relates to taking a moment to “get off the grid”, so to speak. This project invites participants to use media to respond to other types of media- emails, spam, vast quantities of information, etc. (Which really could be considered products of social interaction and the internet). It’s similar to the other works we’ve discussed because it invites individuals to express themselves uniquely about the same subject- how they reward themselves for emptying their inbox (and more conceptually)- how they reward themselves for taking a moment to filter the products of excessive technological involvement from their every day lives.
gazzi holloway: 