"The Stacks"
June 5th, 2pm CET / 8am EST
1/1, 1000xtz
I’ve only made a handful of artworks where I can directly identify what inspired them. But this is one of them. This piece is inspired by
@internetarchive
For most of history, we sought out information ourselves, and we actively pulled it. We pulled a card from a card catalog. We pulled up a search result. We pulled a book off a library shelf.
But as systems became more aggressive and controlling, we turned into passive receivers. We no longer pull information. It’s pushed at us. We’re pushed a notification. We’re served content. We’re fed by algorithms.
Information is now something that’s DONE to us.
And at this point, most of us are onto it. Which is why the information-pushers increasingly try to convince us that our passive consumption is active discovery. They’ve changed their language to reposition the user as the subject:
“For you”
“Discover”
“Explore”
The vast majority of information, painstakingly compiled by humanity, is not going to push its way toward us. We need to seek it out and pull it ourselves 🖤
Thank you
@objktone @objktcom and most of all,
@kikanicolela for including me in
#FYP at
@NFCsummit 🖤