MADE IN CYLAND

This piece explores how SPAM, a byproduct of modern information technology, hinders creators from preserving their professional memories. For instance, if an art critic shares a link to their review via email and posts it on Facebook to archive their work online, opponents can file a SPAM defamation complaint with Facebook’s administration. As a result, Facebook may remove the content across the entire META platform, and even the email associated with that link could be blocked on Instagram's messaging system. This is an anti-democratic process, a form of exile for unique cultural information. It can be seen as an online parallel to the repressions of 1937 in the Soviet Union. Modern technology, with its anti-humanist logic, method, and style, works against the preservation of creative memory. In response, this piece — a wristwatch — symbolizes the moment of “ONLINE REPRESSION,” marking the time as 19:37, reflecting this digital suppression of expression.