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Dumping Core
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Gretchen Bender's Dumping Core crashed advertisements, logos, graphics, news clips, television shows, and cinema together into a 13 minute delirium. Displayed in a dark room, the overwhelm of bright, flashing visuals upon thirteen different monitors is wholly captivating... almost hypnotic. If the eyes are stimulated, the ears are too. Deep rhythms and eerie pitches are overlayed by mangled sound bites of speech and television clips. Blared over loudspeakers, there exists no sensory capacity to think of anything than what is immediately present. Full immersion. For better or for worse. Technology and the digital landscape reigns in Dumping Core. Your thoughts do not. 1984 it is dated. Technology's reign over our senses has only become more pronounced with time, maintaining an intense control over our lives, thoughts, attitudes, and senses...
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Geocities
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When the internet was first created, a web service called Geocities rose to prominence, which allowed users to create their own websites. Because modern algorithms had not yet been developed, websites were grouped into neighborhoods based on their content. For instance, Athens held websites that revolved around literature, education, and philosophy. Silicon Valley hosted websites concerning technology and hardware. Because these websites were not algorithmic, users weren't necessarily following trends to achieve likes, views, or engagement. Rather, they were simply following their personal interests for the sole purpose of channeling creativity and authenticity. Though Geocities no longer exists, a new version titled Neocities has been created, which allows users to create and browse websites in a similar fashion. One of my favorite websites I have stumbled across is modeled after a Catholic confessional, but imagined within a telephone box instead of a church. Website users are exposed to a combination of history, narrative, and choice: permitted to absolve or convict the confessor.
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