I wrote about digital archeology and early Bitcoin inscriptions for @outland.bsky.socialoutland.art/bitcoin-graf...
Messages and ASCII art inscribed on the Bitcoin blockchain highlight the human impulse to leave a lasting mark.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ | ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐๐ช๐๐ก ๐๐๐จ๐ก๐ & ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฅ The mainstream perception of technology largely places it in direct opposition to the human. Both Sougwen Chung & Operator explode this binary. New in, for our special #performanceoutland.art/sougwen-chun...
Soungwen Chung and Operator discuss how their performance-rooted practices dissolve the boundaries between technology and the human body.
๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ | ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐ง๐ฆ Bright Moments proposes that the revelation of the output of a generative artwork is a special occasion that artists and their audiences can share. On the occasion of โThe Finale,โ a deeper look w/ founder Seth Goldstein ~ outland.art/bright-momen...
Bright Moments founder Seth Goldstein looks back on three years of activity as the art production DAO prepares for its final event.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ | ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ Last week we paid a virtual visit to the studio of Sarah Rothberg. In recent years, the artist has used virtual reality to make humorous performances that deconstruct the absurdities of self & software. Watch our convo in full ~ ๐บ: outland.art/sarah-rothbe...
Sarah Rothberg talks about using avatars to highlight the power dynamics and performative aspects of everyday technologies.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ | ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ญ & ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ + ๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐ Artists have always performed onlineโbut, as the internet has changed, so too have artistsโ approaches. Now online for our special issue on performance, a conversation between David Horvitz and the Obadikes. outland.art/david-horvit...
The artists discuss how the performances they staged online have impacted their approach to working in public space.
โDorian Generatives (Lime),โ 2020 by ROBNESS. In the collection of the Centre Pompidou. outland.art/centre-pompi...
๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ | ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ A few weeks ago we sat down for a virtual studio visit with the 'girl from the internet', herselfโMolly Soda! The artist discusses her urge to archive the constantly changing ways that we represent ourselves on the internet, watch now ~ ๐บ: outland.art/molly-soda/
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐บ | ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ก๐๐๐ก๐ Hot ๐ฅ from our PERFORMANCE issue โจ๐ญ by Maya Man ๐ The pressure to maintain a personal brand is higher than ever, but the history of digital performance shows this is a rich space to explore. ๐ฐ: outland.art/maya-man-dig...
Maya Man argues that the history of digital performance shows how the obligation of personal branding can offer space for experimentation.
