Reaching out for help!
Okay previously I mentioned that I wanted to use node.js, paired with a backend server on glitch.com or something, but I think it's too complex,
so I felt a little stuck. I decided to just reach out to Pauline Esguerra, who also created an internet art for her thesis Soft.Space
and she specifically used an are.na API for this particular page. Basically, how this works is that it'll fetch data from the are.na channel and display them on the website.
So there isn't a need for me to handle the back-end stuff, when I could just use are.na. The only downside to this is that if users want to add in any of their inputs, they will directed to are.na,
and they would have to create an are.na account to input it. But I think I like that better because 1. it'll prevent spam messages, and 2. the messages being input would be more
intentional and mindful, which supports my narrative and topic about reimagining a softer, and communal internet.
Text Garden from Soft.Space Users are able to input their text and/or images.
Humans are so amazing This is community đ
Table Presentation in Class
Uhm... My anxiety was still kinda bad. We had a set up to present our work, and I felt so insecure that I ended up not presenting properly. It was really messy, and I found it hard to face myself and the work that I do. I think I also realised that I spent too much time trying to make my website prototype work, till the point where I forgot to think about the presentation of my table! There are many other collaterals that could be created to be added on to make sure that I feel prepared to present what I am really passionate about. Moving forward, I'd have to think about posters, and refining my zine, and also added QR codes, where users can 'take home' a piece of internet.
On thinking about Internet Art
I thought about how and what my work meant in the realm of design and computation, and how it would it allow creatives, or designers, or even general audience to think about their digital ecosystem. Interacting with the website prototype created, I do hope for them to reflect and think about the kind of media that they consume on a daily basis. One of my favourite internet artist, Chia Amisola said this: âinternet art isnât a new field, but its presentation to this crowd is. itâs easy to stumble into the space & think itâs a nostalgic recall, but the materials represented are very much our present. the websites presented make use of and comment on emerging technologies, even if theyâre not as legible as flashier 3d works. while looking âoldâ, kmy is a massive technical endeavor; blurring old & new, high & low technology, public & private, legibility & obfuscated intimacies..â