Handmade Web
My website is a shifting house
A Rant About "Technology"
New Document 1
Spirit Surfing
Democratize the Internet Now!
Nasty Net
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First off I love the layout of the post on Net Art Anthology. Breaking up the text really helps me in reading because I can't seem to focus on long text.
Ok, back to Nasty Net. It's crazy I picked this one to respond to before
I even got to reading Spirit Surfing.
I even got to reading Spirit Surfing.
collecting, juxtaposing, and curating found objects online.
Their practice is similar to what I am interested in. Whenever I find something interesting or absurd on the internet or glitches on devices, I take a screenshot. Just for my pleasure. I might even go out of the way to record a video screenshot.
(It has to be really compelling for me to do something like that.)
Would this be appropriating?
One day I hope to curate these collected materials. I probably won't sell the collection, whichever form it turns out to be, because that feels like appropriating.
(It has to be really compelling for me to do something like that.)
Would this be appropriating?
One day I hope to curate these collected materials. I probably won't sell the collection, whichever form it turns out to be, because that feels like appropriating.
Some of these materials on Nasty Net
I can't even fathom why they're on there. The motive of the user (the one who posted) is lost on me as an outsider.
I can't even fathom why they're on there. The motive of the user (the one who posted) is lost on me as an outsider.
When I'm surfing the web, I get swept
by the current while reading posts in
an internet community or searching something on a wiki, and end up ashore
on a remote island that I never
expected to find.
by the current while reading posts in
an internet community or searching something on a wiki, and end up ashore
on a remote island that I never
expected to find.
The aesthetic and contents of Nasty Net reminds me of a video from 1995 I found on archive.org, called CONNECT ON THE NET. A good watch.
Amateur user appreciation
Collaging to create new work