Opinion
A Trip Through Internet History with @wwwtxt
LA-based artist Daniel Rehn culls from internet messages posted between 1988 and 1994 and sends them out regularly on his Twitter account.
AX Mina
AX Mina is an artist and culture writer exploring contemporary spirituality, technology and other sundry topics. She co-produces Five and Nine, a podcast about magic, work, and economic justice, and serves on the board of the Rabkin Foundation.
Opinion
An Online Museum for Analogue Art Supplies
The Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies is an online-only museum that celebrates the artistic relics of yesteryear.
Art
The Medium Is the Poem: Micropoetry on Twitter
OAKLAND, Calif. — A few weeks ago, I wrote about Heyku, a new app that takes an Instagram approach to poetry. One of our readers, Luke Agbaimoni, wrote in about his site, micropoetry.com, which features some of the existing practices of poets online.
Art
Modern Africa Photographed from Inside and Out
OAKLAND, Calif. — Those of us who study photography are familiar with the notion of the photographer's gaze.
Opinion
Our Continued Fascination with Extraterrestrial Images
OAKLAND, Calif. — I don't know if it's just me, but alien life — and our fascination with it — seems to have hit something of a crescendo recently. There's the question of alien life in Earth's atmosphere. We have the continued search on Mars, despite an utter dearth of evidence, and there's even a
Opinion
Where Plastic Flows: Visualizing Environmental Data
OAKLAND, Calif. — There's the old thought experiment in the days before social media and mobile phones: if you could send a message in a bottle, where would it end up?
Opinion
New Exhibit Probes Changes in Portrait Photography
OAKLAND, Calif. — The stereotype of SnapChat — that it's for sending naked pictures — undergirds a more common but mundane usage: it's used for sending pictures of ourselves. And what is a picture of ourselves but a portrait?
Opinion
Artist Draws in Three Cities with the Help of Robots
OAKLAND, Calif. — Most artists are incredibly busy, especially in a major city where art events and calendars seem to overflow each day. "If only I could be two places at the same time!" is a common lament.
Art
Photographer Helps Heal with Underwater Portraits
OAKLAND, Calif. — San Francisco-based photographer Erena Shimoda, who takes surreal, dream-like portraits of individuals underwater, understands the healing power of water in her art.
Opinion
Knowing Where Your Gadgets Come From
OAKLAND, Calif. — As I type out this post, I am ever more aware of those who piece together the keyboard, circuits and processors that brought this computer to life.
Art
Enabling New Platforms for Poetry
OAKLAND, Calif. — Twitter has often been likened to haiku.
Art
Voyager Has Left the Solar System, Taking With it the Sounds of Space
As Voyager becomes the first human-made object to enter interstellar space, it also carries the first human-made mixtape destined for such depths of the universe.