Internet Art Cultures

View Internet Art Cultures Blog on Neocities In the Web 1.0 In order to explore the meanings of both Meatspace and Masking , I started by diving into what they really mean for me. Masks are used to cover up, whether it be to hide our identity, for our health and safety, or even just for fun. In a digital art space, I think it is equally as important to acknowledge masking as a digital art tool, where we are able to take out or hide parts of an image. Using both of these idea

View Internet Art Cultures Blog on Neocities Rhizomatic Remediation: Adaptation in a Web-Based Art Praxis During Time(s) of Crises INSAM Journal of Contemporary Music, Art and Technology, Issue 5, 2020 by Noah Travis Phillips Shifting our normal seems to be the latest topic of life, as the levels and powers of the crises which have been surrounding our revolutions for over a year now. While many were caught dwelling on the negative impacts on our typical normal, I have been

View Internet Art Cultures Blog on Neocities The Terminal: Human Shaped Whole Directed by Jason Isolini Throughout the majority of the 360 video The Terminal: Human Shaped Whole I was honestly pretty confused and almost off put. The style to me directly correlated with some of the haunting memes that have circled the internet such as shrek is love shrek is life (which I advise against watching to due its graphic nature and content) and Jimmy Neutron Happy Family Happy Hour

View Internet Art Cultures Blog on Neocities My CryptoPunk and what it taught me about NFTs CryptoPunk is now considered the first successful NFT art project, originally launched by Larva Labs in 2017 as an experiment. It started with 10,000 free CryptoPunk icons, while they are now digitally sold as NFTs for up to millions of dollars. An NFT, or Non-Fungible Token, means that each digital art piece is individually tracked as its own token through the blockchain. I created 3

View Internet Art Cultures Blog on Neocities NFTs Are Fueling a Boom in Digital Art. Here’s How They Work YouTube Video by Wall Street Journal I find it interesting to explore NFTs , or Non-Fungible Tokens , as someone who creates digital art and wonders constantly about the accessibility of other artists' work. When an NFT is purchased of a tweet, image, or even sport highlight reel it becomes a uniquely tracked individual block within the blockchain and cannot actually be

View Internet Art Cultures Blog on Neocities LaTurbo Avedon Online Avatar, Artist & Curator LaTurbo Avedon - Ethereum Lens , 2021 LaTurbo Avedon is an avatar artist and curator of internet art pieces who began exploring the realm of the anti-body , as brought up and addressed by Legacy Russell in her Glitch Feminism Manifesto , while in a strictly digital world in 2008. Her pieces frequently spark dialogues surrounding the literal physicality of the internet by using simula

View Internet Art Cultures Blog on Neocities I am once again asking... Above is an evolution of a meme that was birthed in January of 2020 during the presidential campaigning. Candidate Bernie Sanders was quoted in a video he released saying 'I am once again asking for your financial support' and from there, a relatable meme about asking for money was born. Netizens couldn't stop there though, as in the second meme, not only was the situation in which you were requesting mone

View Internet Art Cultures Blog on Neocities Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto by Legacy Russell Prior to diving in to explore this cosmic range of knowledge that Legacy Russell lays out for us in her Manifesto, Glitch Feminism , I have had my own pre-exposure to the topic and my original perceptions . I was excited to learn we would be researching and obtaining more depth on this topic, as it is something I have already tried to explore in a couple of my earlier pieces! I create

View Internet Art Cultures Blog on Neocities Is The Internet Good or Bad? Yes. Medium by Zeynep Tufekci The way Zeynep Tufekci talks about the use of the internet for connectivity and communication on a scale where it is life or death brings light to the idea of censorship within the surveillance capitalism that consumes our economy. Even in the United States, TikTok started taking heat because of how much it can expose about what is not shown on our televisions or shared b

View Internet Art Cultures Blog on Neocities Memes in a Digital World: Reconciling with a Conceptual Troublemaker Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (2013) by Limor Shifman When considering Richard Dawkins' definition and inclusion of memes being these imitated things ranging from fashion, to melodies, to abstract beliefs, I'm brought back to this idea that memes have far too much power for their own good. Limor Shifman goes into how not only can memes themselves have

View Internet Art Cultures Blog on Neocities 'A Problem...' First Glitch Piece This glitch started from the ‘blue screen of death’ which to me is the most ultimate and easy to recognize glitch. The only part of the error message left after glitching was ‘A problem h…’ I think it is fascinating how that worked out because glitches are considered errors and problems, and the theme we have been challenged to explore in class is the beauty and aesthetic within the glitches. Becau

View Internet Art Cultures Blog on Neocities A Brief History of the Internet - First Website, First Meme... YouTube by ColdFusion I find ColdFusion's Brief History of the Internet a really great starting point of furthering my knowledge after reflecting on my own personal history and familiarity with the internet. My history of the internet is pretty short compared to the actual scheme of things, and this video really puts that into a new and deeper perspective. I especiall

View Internet Art Cultures Blog on Neocities Hey there! I'm Ilona Kovacs, like 'e-low-nuh ko-vatch.' As a student at the University of Denver, I find passion in my Emergent Digital Practices major partnered with a Marketing minor. What's Emergent Digital Practices? I'm part of the dissolving line between critical thinkers and artists, having profound skills in both areas. I otherwise enjoy the Rocky Mountains, soft and fuzzy fabrics, chocolate sprinkles, and collecting chicke