"REALSNAILMAIL"

Is email too fast? Does its speed, ubiquity, immediacy have a hold on us in a "dangerous" way? Does speed gain us time ... or does it contribute to a devaluation of time, and does the immediacy of email devalue communication?

Researchers in Computer Art at Bournemouth University have devised a "slow art" project in order to make us think about these questions, and question our thinking about communication. To that end they have devised RealSnailMail: email delivered by snails. Or not delivered: there is not only no guarantee as to when the email will arrive in the recipient's inbox, but no guarantee that it will ever arrive.

Read more about it here.

picture of snail by suika*2008 on flickr.