Two months til Filterworld / a new project
In Filterworld, everything must be a meme, like a remixable joke or image optimized to travel across the Internet.)
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
The culture that thrives in Filterworld tends to be accessible, replicable, participatory, and ambient. It can be shared across wide audiences and retain its meaning across different groups, who tweak it slightly to their own ends. (In Filterworld, everything must be a meme, like a remixable joke or image optimized to travel across the Internet.)
so many automated feeds dictated by corporations more so than users, gradually forming a more passive relationship between users and the content feed
— Filterworld, Kyle Chayka
hollowed-out meaning of taste in the Filterworld era has something in common with the way engagement is measured by digital platforms: it’s…
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Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Filterworld is not limited to digital experiences on our screens. It is a pervasive force that shapes the physical world, too. Because algorithmic systems influence the kinds of culture we consume as individuals, molding our personal tastes, they also influence what kinds of places and spaces we gravitate toward.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
From the other side of the bridge (Milan, April 2024)
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