There is also a growing interest in preservation. Pieces made for old plugins and dead platforms are disappearing, and a small community of archivists is rebuilding them one emulator at a time.
The result is a scene that is equally obsessed with the future and the recent past, and happiest when the two collide on a single, slightly broken web page.
Saving What Is Left
Net art has always lived in the gap between what a browser is supposed to do and what it can be made to do. The best pieces feel like they are breaking something, even when they are working exactly as intended.
This is exactly the piece I needed today. Sending it to the group chat.
Great write-up. I was at this one too and you captured the energy perfectly.
I will be there! Look for the chrome jacket.