Articles of ‘4chan’

The Weirdness We’ve Come to Accept

The Weirdness We've Come to Accept

By Scott Thorp
“Hackers are free people, just like artists who wake up in the morning in a good mood and start painting,” stated Russian President Vladimir Putin as he denied Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election (1). This is funny (ironic) coming from Putin. But in the overall spectrum of things, [...]



Internet Semiotics

Internet Semiotics

What Happens When Contemporary Art Turns Into an Internet Meme?

Today, the Internet is providing a new platform of dialogue between high and popular culture, experimental practices and wide audiences; and while online platforms with no artistic agenda may be better understood in terms developed by art criticism, art projects may become extremely popular in non-art [...]