Benjamin Gaulon, Corrupt.epub [aka KindleGlitcher] (2012)
Benjamin Gaulon, Corrupt.epub [aka KindleGlitcher] (2012)
«Corrupt.epub is an online data corruption software allowing users to load and glitch electronic books (epub format aka electronic publication). Following the project KindleGlitched [Hardware Glitch], KindleGlitcher corrupt electronic publications on a software level [Data Bending].
Go to kindleglitcher.benjamingaulon.com to upload and corrupt an EPUB file (Max 2Mbyte, NOTE: Corruption can take a really long time, 5 minutes is nothing! Check the log of your epub to see how far it is). The last 3 uploaded books are available for download on the project page.
This project was commissioned by Jeu De Paume for the online exhibition “Erreur d’impression. Publier à l’ère du numérique” at Le jeu de Paume (Paris) 2012, curated by Alessandro Ludovico.
Corrupt.epub is part of the Corrupt projects series (see alsocorrupt.processing, corrupt.online, corrupt.movie,corrupt.video and corrupt.desktop).»