The Rise and Fall of Internet Art Communities

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 23:30:50 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-rise-fall-internet-art-communities>

"Before big tech shepherded the vast number of online users onto a
handful of sleek websites, there was a scrappier internet—where offbeat
chat rooms and eccentric niche websites reigned, and carefully crafted
“away statuses” were a kind of personal branding—back when you could be
away from the internet. Until attention spans became a commodity, the
internet was dreamed of as a “bastion for people to direct their own
education,” as Charles Broskoski, co-founder of internet bookmarking
site are.na, remembers."

Via Esther Schindler, who wrote: "Zany, early creative communities such
as DeviantArt and conceptart.org have been steamrolled by homogenous
social media platforms."

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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