deconstructive contstructions
today i would like to show you wwwwwwwww.jodi.org (yes, the w's are necissary...)
feel free to go check it out and lets see what you think.
it will most likely be something like:
"oh goodie. another site with uninteligable text and random links to bizarre pictures with links to more randomness... "
but i assure you there is more to the site than what you see. if you would like a big hint (the answer to this "puzzle") then read up on the history of the jodi team. if you just want the answer, the trick is in the first sentence of the second paragraph.
this site is a bit more clever in its statement.
if you go to just www.jodi.org you get a different site, also made by jodi.
one thing that i am begining to notice in most of the web-based art sites is the affinity for "low tech"... the use of pixelated images, and basic html commands. i am sure that there are sites out there that do not fit this model, but i have not found them yet.. there seems to be a deconstructive vein running through the web art world. which isn't suprising, as this same deconstructive mindset is also found in a lot of contemporary art. there seems to be an effort to take what we have come to expect from computers (making life more efficent, cleaner, and easier to understand. as well as giving us access to vast amounts of instand information) and turning it on its head, stripping the words and pictures of their meaning and presenting them in nonsensical manner. much like many art movements before, dada for example (but really most avante guarde art movements can fit this description), there is a rejection and commentary of contemporary culture. this culture happens to be web culture.
feel free to go check it out and lets see what you think.
it will most likely be something like:
"oh goodie. another site with uninteligable text and random links to bizarre pictures with links to more randomness... "
but i assure you there is more to the site than what you see. if you would like a big hint (the answer to this "puzzle") then read up on the history of the jodi team. if you just want the answer, the trick is in the first sentence of the second paragraph.
this site is a bit more clever in its statement.
if you go to just www.jodi.org you get a different site, also made by jodi.
one thing that i am begining to notice in most of the web-based art sites is the affinity for "low tech"... the use of pixelated images, and basic html commands. i am sure that there are sites out there that do not fit this model, but i have not found them yet.. there seems to be a deconstructive vein running through the web art world. which isn't suprising, as this same deconstructive mindset is also found in a lot of contemporary art. there seems to be an effort to take what we have come to expect from computers (making life more efficent, cleaner, and easier to understand. as well as giving us access to vast amounts of instand information) and turning it on its head, stripping the words and pictures of their meaning and presenting them in nonsensical manner. much like many art movements before, dada for example (but really most avante guarde art movements can fit this description), there is a rejection and commentary of contemporary culture. this culture happens to be web culture.


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I'm impressed with your site, very nice graphics!
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