@joanakawaharalino I can’t find where to reply to your last comment so I will put it here: Honestly? Mostly no. Or rather, the word that survived was usually someone else's. With Tale of Tales we got so tired of "is it a…

An Interview with Olia Lialina

Thank you, Auriea. The "what is a game" story landed for me. I think anyone who has spent years explaining what they do to people who arrived with a different definition knows that exhaustion, and I understand why "digit…

An Interview with Olia Lialina

That’s a whole question... I find myself agreeing with Olia in that “digital” is a call for calm... I call myself a “digital artist” so that I don’t have to explain myself all the time. I remember fighting over “what is …

An Interview with Olia Lialina

I would LOVE to hear our community’s thoughts on this, because thirty years in and Lialina says the fight has mostly been over words. "A lot of my 30 years as a net artist have been about fighting over words and their me…

An Interview with Olia Lialina

Oh just a little! There’s much more that I am keeping close to the vest. I’ll elaborate a bit more on my personal findings in Pixel Art world. Just as the writer or illustrator meticulously sets the stage for creation, t…

Are you yearning for the past?

I’m completely in agreement here @jamesmerrill but fear your secret is out ..

Are you yearning for the past?

I am secretly obsessed with pixel art, and it’s a goal of mine to begin really foraging through generative pixel art systems. On one hand, a good pixel artist is making critical decisions on a pixel-by-pixel basis, caref…

Are you yearning for the past?

I love the way they created such an appropriate dialogue between art and technology, especially considering Shenzhen’s industrial history!

A Prototype of the Future | Shenzhen’s First Art and Technology Biennale

Thank you Joana! On the digital-native galleries makes sense when it’s framed this way. I was just wondering whether digital-native galleries operate strictly within world 2 and 4 context or is there also something beyon…

Seven Worlds of Digital Art | A Visitor’s Guide

Hi Ivona, thank you for this thoughtful comment. I read a few of your points a little differently. On the digital-native galleries: I took Lev's worlds to be defined by who validates the work and on what terms, not by th…

Seven Worlds of Digital Art | A Visitor’s Guide

I think this is part of a bigger trend toward nostalgia aesthetics. With also things like hand-drawn elements and video footage shot on older digital cameras, it's a broader attempt to differentiate from "slop" aesthetic…

Are you yearning for the past?

Thanks for a very interesting read! In my opinion, there are also a few smaller art worlds adjacent to these that could be worth adding. The first is the world of digital art native galleries and institutions. We've seen…

Seven Worlds of Digital Art | A Visitor’s Guide

I was so disappointed to have missed you ! I also sent you a dm on right click save account to excuse myself of the sorry state you had to experience the show in.. when i came in later no light were on (as a matter of fa…

STEMMING A FUTURE ROOTED IN NOSTALGIA | POLYGON1993

I really enjoyed visiting this exhibition @arthemort, and I’m not surprised it was so popular for a generation gripped by technostalgia. The collaboration with Mitsuhiro Arita, of Pokemon fame, was intriguing for the way…

STEMMING A FUTURE ROOTED IN NOSTALGIA | POLYGON1993

Thank you, Joana, for our original discussion on the topic when I was looking at closing the press release, which undoubtedly helped me put all this into words! will add some pictures by editing the post tomorrow for eas…

STEMMING A FUTURE ROOTED IN NOSTALGIA | POLYGON1993

I loved it when you mentioned how different nationalities received it differently! Being somewhere in the middle of both cultures, I could see a lot of very Western in POLYGON’s work, but also a visible fondness and admi…

STEMMING A FUTURE ROOTED IN NOSTALGIA | POLYGON1993

super interesting read!!

STEMMING A FUTURE ROOTED IN NOSTALGIA | POLYGON1993

This is such an interesting take!!! I was wondering if there’s any sort of visible distinction when it comes to an output, when you’re hand coding vs vibecoding?

How can generative artists distinguish hand-coded art in the age of AI?

This is a great suggestion, thank you @louisjebb! I too am a fan of Lepore’s work in The New Yorker - this recent one on proving you’re a human in the age of AI is fascinating: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/08/…

Calling all book lovers! Art book recommendations?

I have long been an admirer of the historian Jill Lepore’s writing in The New Yorker — informed, concise, constructed from powerful anecdotes and laced with mordant wit — and recommend trying her The Rise and Fall of the…

Calling all book lovers! Art book recommendations?