In 2009, co-founder of Wired, Kevin Kelly, asked everyone he knew (of all ages, might I add) to submit hand-drawn maps of the internet. He wanted to survey how people were experiencing their then-new age of connectivity. Some drew mind maps, others fashioned arrows into complex webs.
My personal favorite —
It’s no secret that the internet has changed a lot since 2009. For better or for worse? Depends on who you ask. I’m curious how folks, especially those with more intentional relationships with the web see the internet today.
Internet traffic is aggregated into a few select sites. Algorithms are creating a convergence of culture. The indie web fades in the background of SEOs— where do we find whimsy today? Today, I’m bringing back Kelly’s experiment and crowdsource internet maps.
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What does your internet look like?
Send me your internet maps!!!!
Draw the internet as you imagine it to be today
Indicate where “home” is on the map
Send your submissions to tiffany@breakfastatmyhouse.com
Take any and all creative liberty with this—submissions close by end of November!
My internet friend Kristoffer (my great inspiration for indie internet takes) was kind enough to send a shout on my behalf of this request. If you know of a friend who’d be perfect for this, please send them my way :)
What did I do this week instead of doomscrolling?
Read
To tickle your brain with
How to Archive Your Social Media by Alexis Amber and Helen Vogelsong-Donahue
You Want a Social Life, With Friends by Kenneth Koch
Lo-fi art and human tools era — on the enshittification of hardware and version-fatique… like why do we need an iPhone Air?!
Experience
(I included one this week because this series was a rabbit hole of its own)
Call 1-800 Shaolin for a good time — Spencer Harrison (owner of the only copy of the Wu-Tang Clan’s 2015 album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin) and conceptual artist Máuhan M Zonoozy answer the question: how do you experience an album that has only one copy in the world; whose online existence is forbidden?
Browse
To dig into, over time
Anti-instagram Arts Database — a solar powered site to move the Toronto arts community off of Instagram and Big Tech
OtherNetwork — interactive database for artists worldwide
Hello friends! I recently enabled paid subscriptions to support some of my more rogue ventures in cyber celibacy (typewriters, building a printing press… more to come).
I also created a Snail Mail Membership, where (in true neo-luddite fashion) I’ll physically mail you this newsletter on a bi-monthly basis. For the first dozen snail mail members, I’ll handwrite your first letter <3
Just emailed you my internet map!
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