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Student Narrative
On Chinese social media, bots that generate automated posts by imitating real users are colloquially referred to as “zombies” (僵尸号). This zine explores the relationship between humanity and the artificial entities we’ve cultivated by recontextualizing bot posts as love letters. Through the juxtaposition of algorithmically-generated messages and archival type specimens, illustrations, and photography, the zine humanizes the “web robots” we must coexist with in our daily lives.
Publication Date
9-1-2024
Description
Entry for the 11th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest. Opening reception and award ceremony Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 6:30pm, Fleet Library, Main Reading Room. Juror: Roger S. Williams.
Keywords
artists' books; Baker & Whitehill
Disciplines
Book and Paper
Student Status
Undergraduate student
Year of Graduation
2026
Major
Graphic Design
Faculty / Course
Kathy Wu; Type III
Materials + Techniques
RISO accordion zine in fluorescent pink
Photo Credit
Miles Tong 2025 FAV
Recommended Citation
You, Marie; Collections, Special; and Library, Fleet, "Zombies Don’t Fall In Love" (2024). 11th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2025. 56.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/bookcontest11th2025/56
