Work

Title

Tracking Letters_

Author

John Caserta

Date

2002-2004

Description

Tracking Letters_ is made with a software application that records the timing of keyboard entry. Its primary use is as an email entry program. Using the software, I tracked a week’s worth of my own emails, collecting them into this 168-page book. The 34 correspondences demonstrate the variances in speed, pauses and errors that occur when writing. The book refers to a journal or a small sketchbook, a form that holds the same level of intimacy as personal correspondences.

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URL

http://johncaserta.com/tracking-letters/

Medium

Script, Book

Size

4.5″ x 6.25″

Pages

168

Keywords

authorship, interface, language, materiality, mediation, process, quantification, reading, time, writing

Added

ID

1685