Domenico Quaranta, curator of Collect the WWWorld.
It was the New York opening of Collect the WWWorld, a collection of internet-inspired art, and an impressive number of stylish Brooklyn creatives had turned out for the occasion. Sipping Franzia and introducing themselves by saying things like, "I’m from the internet. Actually, from ____ on Tumblr," the patrons were in for a stimulating display. The exhibit included a wall-sized collage of hundreds of images taken from the internet; a smashed keyboard and desktop computer playing the viral video of an "angry German kid" destroying his computer in a fit of rage; an oversized absurdist animation projected on a wall, complemented by a soundtrack of loud human grunting.
"I wanted to...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/20/3528242/collect-the-wwworld-internet-art-archive
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