Tag: Internet Art

Face the Challenges of Running a Start-up in “The Founder” Video Game

Francis Tseng's meta, dystopian simulator lets you launch and manage a fake business

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Brooklyn-based artist and interaction designer Francis Tseng offers an opportunity that many of us could only wistfully fantasize about: the chance to be a start-up founder. His new simulation video game, The Founder, takes place right after the last dot-com bubble bust: a fresh clean slate, ready to become overrun with your legacy industry-disrupting, world-changing product. AKA: it gets too real. Stages include “assembling the …

“Flashcrash Unlimited” at the Widget Art Gallery

The latest solo exhibition in this virtual gallery room, accessible by phone

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The Widget Art Gallery (WAG) was created in 2009 by Rome-based new media artist Chiara Passa as a space to show art without any logistical restrictions: any time, anywhere, and for free. All you need to enter the virtual room is a mobile device and an internet connection—so you’re out of excuses not to visit. And due to the personal nature of our handheld devices, …

Internet-Inspired Clothing by Brisbane’s House of Cards

The "In Too Deep" collection riffs on our tech addiction with dial-up skirts, hashtag pants and more

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With past collections like the Japanese pop culture-inspired “Yatta” and the ’90s-doused “The Waisted Years,” Brisbane-based independent fashion label House of Cards goes all out each season with thematic collections full of creative statement pieces. Designer Ashiya Omundsen’s latest drops in time for Australia’s 2015 autumn/winter season and will tickle the fancies of those who grew up listening to AOL’s bouncy dial-up modem sound, all …