Given the glut of eye-candy and flashy tat on the
interweb, indiscrimate grazing can deaden your palate, so
these semi-automatic clips of net.art, kindly collected
and restored to cross browser compliance by the
Lfoundation, are a digi-tonic. Gathered from the late 90s,
this 24 piece showcase is a re-affirming blast of quality
digital minimalism, demonstrating a range from broken
loops, primal design to unapologetic sonic assault and
hijacked webcam feeds.
Whether you agree that ‘Less is More’, or favour the
snappy riposte ‘Less is a Bore’, these raw chunks of data
have an immediacy and energy lacking elsewhere on the net,
showing an ingenious use of frugal means. A sharp
corrective for mouse-potatoes.
Nick Killroy for warp records