“Terms and Conditions” by Burak Arikan
Terms & Conditions by Burak Arikan - Terms & Conditions are often written for legal regulations but they are never read by consumers, as a result consumers are often exploited by agreeing on these unreadable terms. In this piece, terms & conditions of five social web services are re-written using a custom typeface. The resulting images are generated by three processes: me typing the words, the program deciding on the size of each letter each time I hit the key, and the instructions for the fonts. With this piece we both recycle unread terms & conditions text and point to the moment where people give away their rights to the capital.
Terms & Conditions was recently exhibited at the Tobacco Warehouse during the Amber Festival in Istanbul. If you want to try it, here is the first version of the program written in 2005.































































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2 Responses
Reading the fine print was never… harder! :)
Thanks Greg! While working on it, I almost memorized them as if they are anthems.