I found an interesting post on Rhizome about this interactive artwork called email erosion.  It was created in 2006 and was designed to be interacted with by the general internet population.  There is a cube-shaped sculpture formed from biodegradable (starch-based) Styrofoam in the center of a steel formation.  The idea is to send an email to eroder@emailerosion.org.  The “Eroder” will then spray colored water at the object causing it to dissolve in that spot and cause a sculpting process.  the website shows a webcam view of the sculpture and should show what happens to the sculpture when you interact with it.  It didn’t work for me, but the concept in itself is pretty cool.  Interacting with a sculpture through email and creating an artwork in collaboration.  It would be neat to try this again and see what happens maybe with facebook attached to it instead of email.

http://www.emailerosion.org/erosion.html

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