with Nela Pietrová
Commissioned and originally displayed by ScreenSaverGallery
On the internet, you can be whoever you want to be—as long as the algorithm likes it. Microtrends, microidentities, a flurry of signifiers rearranging our selves into neat categories, each one with a certain affect, emotion, style. Whole worlds collide: post-internet art look meets tradwife catholic cosplay, geekiness finds itself surrounded by yuppie virtue signaling and posthuman posturing ends up tacked onto bimbo flip phone influencer’s feed. We’re all in this together, trying to make sense of all the metamorphoses our inner lives undergo in the online void.
Let the thousand-cores bloom and let’s spot the next viral trend together in our handy generator which lets you prepare for what’s (maybe) around the corner. Because if there is one rule, it’s to always be ready, because today’s edginess might end up being stultifyingly cringe.
Documentation: ScreenSaverGallery
