Olia Lialina. A Vernacular Web. Under Construction
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- Ordinary people came with their tools and used the chance to build their own roads and junctions. Work was everywhere and everywhere there was something that wasn’t ready, links were leading to nowhere or to pages that didn’t quite exist and there were signs on the pages that warned of broken connections and the lack of navigation.
- New ways to show the project was constantly updated appeared as well: current news on the first page, a “Last Updated” notice, or the ridiculous — but still very popular — solution that creates a magical effect of actuality and telepresence: put a clock on the web site showing the current time.
title: “Olia Lialina. A Vernacular Web. Under Construction”
author: “art.teleportacia.org”
url: ”http://art.teleportacia.org/observation/vernacular/uc/”
date: 2023-12-19
source: hypothesis
tags: media/articles
Olia Lialina. A Vernacular Web. Under Construction
Metadata
Highlights
- Ordinary people came with their tools and used the chance to build their own roads and junctions. Work was everywhere and everywhere there was something that wasn’t ready, links were leading to nowhere or to pages that didn’t quite exist and there were signs on the pages that warned of broken connections and the lack of navigation.
- New ways to show the project was constantly updated appeared as well: current news on the first page, a “Last Updated” notice, or the ridiculous — but still very popular — solution that creates a magical effect of actuality and telepresence: put a clock on the web site showing the current time.