Spam on the Wire Poster

An intersection between art and science, Spam on the Wire is one of my favourite pieces. I created it to help myself, and others, understand the structure of "spam" emails on the internet by visualizing the structure of the packets....envelopes, if you will....of which the spam was composed. In this poster, there are about 10,000 of these envelopes pictured...this is what email spam actually does look like. Originally created for use in network and cyber security environments, I’ve taken a number of images such as this, tweaked them a little bit without changing their underlying truth, and used them as art in shows (a number of them have been since sold). The combination of repeated structure, unique features, and random noise in these packets convey an aesthetic that I find myself coming back to and enjoying again and again. Get one of these high quality prints today - you won't find anything else like them anywhere.