Curtain #114: Welcome to Vaguetown
2021 made zero sense. How did we get here?
The Curtain
transmissions from the slipstream of arts, media, culture and technology
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The Curtain #113: All Connected Now
grabbing on to the tail end of a vast spiral
The Curtain #112: What Web3 Gets Wrong About What's Wrong With Art
With the hyped up "next internet", you just need to follow the money.
The Curtain #111: Getting metaphysical
on the metaverse and missing eros
The Curtain rises again
#110: The vibes are still off: on corniness, algorithms and labor
The Curtain 109: Interactivity, Texture, and Performance in Web Space
Creating emotionally tactile experiences in a virtual fantasia
The Curtain 108: Deep Time, the Restart, and the End
What will the end of the internet look like? Plus: parsing the restart of Broadway.
The Curtain 107: The Pleasures of a Crowded Room
energy energy energy
The Curtain 106: digital blandness
and the ultimate question: is shrek overrated?
The Curtain 105: What Will Change, What Won't
And the little blips that slowly re-animate life around us