Post A7LSHUnId82ScsfxeC by pixouls@post.lurk.org
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(DIR) Post #A7KkgITv9IjrhCcy0W by entreprecariat@post.lurk.org
2021-05-17T07:44:40Z
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Tonight at 18:00 CET is the time for a new episode of The User Condition series! Artist and reluctant engineer @praxeology will converse with designer without qualities Silvio Lorusso about – ominous soundtrack — N E T S T A L G I A.MySpace eulogies, pure HTML pride, RetroPie consoles, Geocities reboots, Winamp-inspired portable MP3 players, "brutalist" web design, resurrected dead media, Stranger Things-like series, philologically correct CRT TV pixel art renditions, LEGO bricks ASMR.Undoubtedly, we live in a time of nostalgia of the adventurous web of yore, the good ol' computing, the endless gaming days. But what exactly was so precious about it? What is that we long for? Are we just stuck, incapable to see the good in the new? Or is this longing for the past a way to re-inject some lost values into the near future?Drawing from the work of Svetlana Boym and Mark Fisher, Howell and Lorusso will unpack the current netstalgic waves, trying to distinguish their restorative element from the reflective one. They will attempt to unearth the futures buried in the past, the futures that never were and yet here they are, haunting us like a distant MIDI lullaby.Date: Monday, 17th of May 2021Time: 18:00h - 19:00h CETLocation: Online (https://stream.vvvvvvaria.org/)More info: http://varia.zone/en/usercond02.html
(DIR) Post #A7LSHUnId82ScsfxeC by pixouls@post.lurk.org
2021-05-17T15:53:10Z
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@entreprecariat image description: in a dim room, a projector displaces the words "rotate scroll-wheel." in white text in a blue-ish blob on the wall. On the floor, there is a spotlight on a giant wired white computer mouse.
(DIR) Post #A7LTiXgS5w2jMQvwyu by entreprecariat@post.lurk.org
2021-05-17T16:09:18Z
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narrowcast hacky jitsi>streaming setup ready
(DIR) Post #A7Lapkc17nMFAEFAOW by kurbitur@post.lurk.org
2021-05-17T17:29:02Z
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@entreprecariat @praxeology Great talk! Will there be a recording of this available for us that missed the beginning of it?
(DIR) Post #A7Lb3MlmZEevGvIsnA by jine@sonomu.club
2021-05-17T17:31:30Z
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@entreprecariat @praxeology Thank you! I was typing in the chat as “nervousdata.” I’m still thinking about the connection of netstalgia and brokenness. @fragmentscenario brought up the word “cyber ruins“ and I somehow think that being netstalgic means to experience comfort in these ruins.
(DIR) Post #A7LdMFeJStXybAwVaS by entreprecariat@post.lurk.org
2021-05-17T17:57:19Z
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@kurbitur @praxeology yes! I'll upload it soon on varia. Thanks for tuning it!
(DIR) Post #A7LdcYMtdTKlHvZNIm by entreprecariat@post.lurk.org
2021-05-17T18:00:14Z
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--- A note and link regarding the history of RSS and Doomscrolling from someone in the audience :unwanted_love: ---Kate Armstrong, Feeds and Streams. RSS Poetics, 2008https://web.archive.org/web/20080603021706/http://tributaries.thecapilanoreview.ca/2008/01/24/feeds-and-streams-rss-poetics/“Put into a framework of full, constant movement, the feed only asks the reader to turn it on, to subscribe, and then to receive.”
(DIR) Post #A7LhMGLtFeYSaxaQEa by entreprecariat@post.lurk.org
2021-05-17T18:42:08Z
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thanks again to @praxeology and all the ppl who attended! I enjoyed both our convo and the ones happening in the chat :unwanted_ok:
(DIR) Post #A7LvvvAOtUcwfo6rK4 by praxeology@post.lurk.org
2021-05-17T21:25:27Z
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@entreprecariat Thanks for inviting me to talk about my favorite "immigrant neurosis"! I also really love the setup with narrowcast.
(DIR) Post #A7N9vBUuHgYBY6CieW by entreprecariat@post.lurk.org
2021-05-18T11:36:55Z
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@praxeology aaaaaand here's the audio recording + setup documentation https://varia.zone/archive/2021-05-17-The_User_Condition_02_with_Brendan_Howell/
(DIR) Post #A7NUuClECT9IDNDEQK by liaizon@social.wake.st
2021-05-18T15:32:02Z
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@entreprecariat @praxeology damn sad that I missed this! listening to the audio recording now!
(DIR) Post #A7fSamYLmyaaJMOEIi by setthemfree@mamot.fr
2021-05-26T21:40:09Z
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@liaizon @entreprecariat @praxeology could you share a link to the recording?
(DIR) Post #A7fSan280GPNniK0iO by entreprecariat@post.lurk.org
2021-05-27T07:30:55Z
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@setthemfree @liaizon @praxeology it's here! https://varia.zone/archive/2021-05-17-The_User_Condition_02_with_Brendan_Howell/