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Trough Cruft (post-american nude)

This cruft process downloads and manipulates an image from an adult website (www.dirtylittlewhore.com) giving it the retro look of a newspaper or comic book. An episode description from a VH1 television reality show (www.vh1.com) is added to the image.

The irony of the "rise of the rest," Mr. Zakaria notes, is that it is largely a result of American ideas and actions: "For 60 years, American politicians and diplomats have traveled around the world pushing countries to open their markets, free up their politics, and embrace trade and technology. We have urged peoples in distant lands to take up the challenge of competing in the global economy, freeing up their currencies, and developing new industries. We counseled them to be unafraid of change and learn the secrets of our success. And it worked: the natives have gotten good at capitalism."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/books/06kaku.html

Borrowing the computer hacker term "Cruft" I have applied it to my current series of images. I create these CRUFT images by writing 'recipes' (also known as an algorithm). An automated system follows the instructions, first harvesting selected source material from the Internet, and then processing that information into a CRUFT, generating images 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.