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welcome 2 ππππππππ πΎπ πΆ ππΎππ. a new forum for jagged and iridescent reflection on the βgirl onlineβ, or rather, the necessity of being a girl online. what is it to be a girl? drawing our projectβs name from alex quichoβs @amfq article << everyone is a girl online >>, we follow quicho in theorizing the girl as one who βtacticallyβ submits to the wills of the digital algorithm, βvying for both privacy and visibilityβ through a delicately βrealβ performance of identity. to participate online is to be a feminine subject, because it subjects one to a self-surveillance from the perspective of the masses. girls embrace the βdark forestβ (after bogna konior @bognamk ) of the internet in hopes to manipulate, collectivize, and forge the future. they can engage in ππΎπππ·πππππΎππ in which the hypertextual leakages of online spaces become a watering ground for performances that perverse time/space. in addition to girls online, we focus on ester freiderβs @stargir1z conception of πππππππ or the βinformational sublimeβ: a quality created through the hyperconnected nodes of todayβs platforms. wetness opens endless opportunities for identity rebirth for girls online, while also necessitating the de-nuanced flattening of content and the capitalistic fetish of gnawing endlessness. through wetnessβs infective kiss, girls online birth a new landscape: the πΈππ·πππ·πΆπππππ. just as the baroque (coming from the Portuguese word for an odd, misshapen pearl) introduced entrails of illusion, drama, and subjectivity into early 18th century spaces, the girl, existing in the wet space that is the internet, adopts fluidity and illusion in her online performance. just as baroque ceilings were painted to replicate baby-blue, fluffy-cloud skies, the online girl fashions herself a character both real and saturated. in this project, we aim to record and weave the thought done by girls online as well as their predecessors in cyberfeminism. we discard the priority/possibility of authenticity online, if at all. instead we yield to the pearly cavern of artifice, play, and swarm that might reveal that there was no true self in the first place.
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instagram.comNew work by American painter, Elise Ansel βWoman Reading IXβ, oil on linen, 102cm x 86cm
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Photographer and new media artist Olivia Alonso Gough, aka @bug_girl_69, discusses working with different tiers of creativity, establishing a routine, and not going to grad school unless it's free.
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