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THIS IS AN ESSAY ABOUT CONTEMPORARY ART THAT INCLUDES NO EXAMPLES. It includes no examples because its subject – artists’ websites, their form and function, and the possibilities they hold – is prone to constant change. This text is an attempt to document a thing always fleeting – the aesthetics of the web – without fixing it, since it begins with... See more

social media algorithms are fundamentally designed to eliminate coincidences. They optimize for predictability, since more predictable consumers are more profitable. They want us to stay indoors and isolated so that they can mediate more of our interactions. They neatly categorize us into separate filter bubbles, making it easier to impose their... See more

Make a video track of the song with the video being timecode, and have 10 seconds of timecode before the song starts. Put it on an iPad and have a Bluetooth speaker. This will serve as your slate, and each time you shoot you start pointing the camera at the iPad. The artist plays/ sings along to the music and that keeps their speed the same... See more

nd yet . At the end of the day, attention is still ours. No matter how many forces try to seize it, shape it, or sell it - our attention begins and ends with us. We are the only ones who can reclaim it. That’s our responsibility. And that’s also our power.

Following this definition, seeing connections and meaningful patterns which are hidden from the view of others (cf . [16]) might help to overcome mental blocks, enhance thinking out of the box, and increase the chance to come up with more creative ideas. Therefore, the propensity to experience meaningful coincidences might represent a personality... See more