What even *is* a website?

Does this have to be a bad thing, though? If the web as we know it changes in the face of artificial abundance? Some will say it’s just the way of the world, noting that the web itself killed what came before it, and often for the better. Printed encyclopedias are all but extinct, for example, but I prefer the breadth and accessibility of Wikipedia... See more

Inter-viewer: so, you write about poetic web; how did you come to this topic?

Polinsski: One version of the story unfolds as follows: I happened to study at Klasse Digitale Grafik, where we spend lots of time talking about the web. Gradually, I began to question the way I was spending time online, especially the considerable time and energy I devot... See more

»When I share websites I’ve made, people often respond with comments like “I wish the web were like this.” These reactions confuse me: I just made this website, and the web still is very much like this: personal, poetic, expressive. That is, if you know where to look.«

Mostly, though, I’ve had the sense that the Internet is in a state of limbo, suspended between the remains of an aging, broken system and the nebulous beginnings of a new one. One of the Internet’s best qualities remains that anyone can start over, at any time, with a blank Web site, and create whatever they want.