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TEXT MESSAGES, 2003-2004

A Generative Format/ Identity Performance Using Cellular Phone Technology

TM W M POSTER, 2007

Text Messages

2003-2004

A Generative Format In Creating New Identities Using Cellular Phone Technology

TEXT MESSAGES BEGAN BY MY APPROACHING STRANGERS IN BARS, ON THE STREET, COFFEE SHOPS, PARTIES, ASKING FOR CELL PHONE NUMBERS OF SOME PEOPLE IN THEIR PHONES. ITS AN ODD REQUEST BUT AFTER A LITTLE EXPLANATION, REMARKABLY I WAS NEVER TURNED DOWN. THE COLLECTED NUMBERS WERE ASSIGNED RANDOM LETTERS AND SAVED AS A CONTACT IN MY NOKIA 2600. LOOSELY ONCE A WEEK FOR ONE YEAR, I SENT SHORT TEXTS TO THE COLLECTED CONTACTS. THE RECIPIENT WAS ANYWHERE! I DOCUMENTED EVERY REPLY AND RESPONDED TO NONE. THROUGH THE REPLIES MULTIPLE SUSPECTED IDENTITIES BEGAN TO REVEAL: SOME CONTACTS THOUGHT THE MESSAGES CAME FROM  A CRUSHING CO-WORKER, A SPITEFUL EX, A WRONG NUMBER, OR A POETIC FAMILIAR EMBRACING ANONYMOUS EXCHANGE.  BELOW IS A COLLECTION OF TEXTS THAT DEFINED MY IDENTITY THROUGHOUT THE WORK.

BELOW IS A SELECTION FROM, TM W M, HOOKER/SECRETARY/OLD FRIEND IDENTITY

M, I missed your messages when they ended abruptly, I hope you are ok where ever you are.- 215-***-0976
 

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