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ART AS INTERFACE: “In StarryNight, each email in the archive was represented by a glowing point of light against a dark background, which would increase in brightness each time its corresponding message was accessed in the archive. Users could navigate among them by selecting assigned keywords, which would draw “constellations” connecting related emails in the database.” via Folklore Published on November 13, 2023 at 09:21AM Link: https://ift.tt/v7RbEVC Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

SINCERITY IS SCARCE, THEREFOR VALUABLE, UNTIL IT IS NOT: "There’s a certain slanted similarity to how a social media feel full of garbage content is more valuable, to a select, trusted group of friends, than whatever beautifully posed shots make it to the public-facing feed. The value is not in the actual “quality” of the content. (What does quality even mean, anyway? Production quality? How cunningly the picture was framed and filtered?) The value is in the content’s level of authenticity. Because authenticity, not quality, is the scarce resource on social media." via Folklore Published on November 12, 2023 at 10:31AM Link: https://ift.tt/DYFXrzk Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

🧼 CLEANSE THY EYES: Use this website to find explore a gentle stream of visuals and find new aesthetic inspirations. Enjoy the Saturday and remember to submit your remixed visuals on Source. Deadline is tomorrow evening! via Folklore Published on November 11, 2023 at 12:22PM Link: https://ift.tt/UIvxT7M Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

Hi Everyone! Thank you again for being part of this journey on building a niche community. We’re doing our first competition (with a small award) and would like you all to participate. There’s a prize of 0.11 ETH or about 200 USDC for the best Folklore art, hopefully used for the next membership (if we get enough quality entries). Submissions are open until Sunday end of day, and members can vote on their favorite next week. PS: if you’re in Istanbul next week, send me a DM and we can organize a meet up. Read more here: https://x.com/rafathebuilder/status/1722645465852760363?s=46&t=lIOucCK3TVx9M4hg64IvQA

WHOLESOME SYSTEMS: In a digital realm akin to a warm, inviting café, Maggie Appleton's "cozy web" concept stands out, offering a nurturing space for gaming communities to thrive away from the starkness of mainstream platforms. The article from Autonomous Worlds highlights how these "wholesome" games encourage players to engage with complex systems lovingly, fostering digital environments where one can cultivate and cherish the growth of a living, breathing world. via Folklore Published on November 07, 2023 at 10:15PM Link: https://ift.tt/9clD7XY Curator: 0x144c4E5027B69f7798B2B162D924BcAE5c149f15 (0x144c4E5027B69f7798B2B162D924BcAE5c149f15)

SEEDCRAFT: In this commissioned essay we explore what the future of branding might look like in digital spaces which are decentralized and shared with AI capabilities. Moreso, we test out the theory with Folklore itself. “ Folklore proposes that a contemporary, networked brand be designed not for its human demographics, but for its machine intermediaries. In lieu of finalised assets — iconography, typography, photography — Folklore provides seeds and prompts: inputs for further, generative, creation and mediation. These seeds can be thought of as descendants of artist Harun Farocki’s concept of the ‘operational image’. With this term, Farocki theorised a genre of images not meant for human attention. Images produced by one machine for another to process in the course of a computational operation; be it identification, navigation, or something inscrutable. Operational images are neither outputs nor inputs; they are throughputs.” Read the essay, and take a moment to compete — there’s a $200 USD equivalent award for the best remixed visual submission. via Folklore Published on November 06, 2023 at 07:32PM Link: https://folklore.mirror.xyz/v3KHFm-Fz288fjTIcp5Gd63rXoANBewXqbypQqZesSw Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

STATEBOOK: Part IV of Joshua Citarella’s Platform Wars series is a provocation around a public option for social media. A joke? Implausible? Maybe, but despite these affirmations, this essay exposes how the essentials for this public utility are relatively simple to design and provides the imagination a healthy look at the implications for regulatory control, user privacy, and democratic consensus that could emerge from this digital communications infrastructure. via Folklore Published on November 04, 2023 at 02:50PM Link: https://ift.tt/XU912ty Curator: 0x1b4a302D15412655877d86ae82823D8F6d085ddD (0x1b4a302D15412655877d86ae82823D8F6d085ddD)

LUCKY PLAY: "If play is the way in which human beings rehearse life, it follows that we require our games to be filled with uncertainties, moments of caprice to which we must adapt our position and strategy. But we’ve grown more demanding about the luck that games serve to us—not too much, not too little. What remains constant is our interest in the nature of the luck that we experience. “When we experience luck in a game we feel a deep sense of attunement and alignment, almost like we’ve found the pattern, and predicted it,” Schüll says." via Folklore Published on November 03, 2023 at 03:03PM Link: https://ift.tt/25C8Iba Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

GAMES, not GAMIFICATION: "Meaningful play occurs when the relationships between actions and outcomes in a game are both discernable and integrated into the larger context of the game. Creating meaningful play is the goal of successful game design... Too often, game designers forget that they are creating, above all, an experience of play. It is not enough to tell a story. It is not enough to create pretty pictures or use dazzling technology. A game designer creates an interactive system, a set of choices, an activity. When you are making a game, ask yourself fundamental questions: What is the player actually doing from moment to moment in the game? How are these moments connected in a larger trajectory of experience? How does the experience of play become meaningful? What, above all, is the play of the game? Although there are no easy answers to these questions focusing on the play of a game's core mechanic is a good starting point for designing powerful player experiences." via Folklore Published on November 03, 2023 at 02:58PM Link: https://ift.tt/uzH382A Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

DEEP FICTION: Misinformation can be other than a propaganda ad or conspiracy. In this article we learn about deeply networked fictions inside the Wikipedia behemoth. Some might say a work of art given the complex and detailed approach to create such a vast networked of fictional content. Thank you to @ NilsEdison (on X), via opentab.supply for finding this article. via Folklore Published on October 31, 2023 at 09:07AM Link: https://ift.tt/389AWut Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

FEELING IMPATIENT? We don’t just live in any economy. We live in a mega-scale corporate capitalist economy, and in such a setting technology is never used to save time. It’s used to speed up production and consumption in order to expand the system. The basic rule is this: technology doesn't make our lives easier. It makes them faster and more crammed with stuff. via Folklore Published on October 30, 2023 at 02:54PM Link: https://ift.tt/WcjJZg6 Curator: 0x144c4E5027B69f7798B2B162D924BcAE5c149f15 (0x144c4E5027B69f7798B2B162D924BcAE5c149f15)

AUTHOR DEATH: “ The problem here is perhaps less in the interpretation of old art than it is in the creation of new art. The author’s duty is now to guard against every possible misreading or bad faith reading. It’s a defensive posture that can only produce bland art. If you’re always guarding against your worst reader, you’ll never create work that appeals to your best reader.” 💀 via Folklore Published on October 27, 2023 at 08:41AM Link: https://ift.tt/lefsCOn Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

USER CAPTURE: "Montana has basically passed a law to ban TikTok. Immediately, TikTok filed a suit challenging it, bringing a whole bunch of artists forward who said that their whole livelihood was TikTok, so therefore, it’s the core of First Amendment protection. I think it’s going to be hard under the First Amendment. I actually volunteered to help Montana defend their law, but I think it’s going to be hard. Even if you solve the foreign influence problem, you still haven’t solved the business model problem because, even if you know that China is not intentionally trying to screw with the elections, you still have a platform that’s trying to figure out how do you make people spend more time on the platform?" via Folklore Published on October 25, 2023 at 08:38AM Link: https://ift.tt/buhla0e Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

BABELIFICATION: In this essay, commissioned by Folklore, Ruby and Rue explore the diverging tongues of our digital terrain. "In these digital enclaves, languages mutate and new semiotics emerge. The issue? These 'languages' are almost unintelligible outside their community. We no longer speak a common digital tongue." We encourage you to collect this essay (see link) and join our membership (pinned message) -- In this way, we can fund a perpetual media machine exploring the online realms. via Folklore Published on October 24, 2023 at 12:04PM Link: https://folklore.mirror.xyz/YBIKcVZkEi-KiL836LK40O6ZBC1yaSt0-yuUkPvdMgo Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

ARCOLOGIES IN FICTION AND REALITY: The article delves into the cultural and social implications of arcologies, both as architectural projects and as represented in simulation games. It discusses how these megastructures often reflect societal ideologies and fears, such as the dystopian corporate arcologies in William Gibson's "Neuromancer." The article also considers how games like "Dwarf Fortress" allow for a complex and nuanced understanding of social relations and community building. via Folklore Published on October 23, 2023 at 01:36AM Link: https://ift.tt/JbmWqP1 Curator: 0x144c4E5027B69f7798B2B162D924BcAE5c149f15 (0x144c4E5027B69f7798B2B162D924BcAE5c149f15)

WIKIPOCALYPSE: What happens if Wikipedia starts ingesting itself through generative AI? Wikipedia is one of the most important sources for training generative AIs. Will we experience model collapse, where models trained on their own data degrade in performance? Will projects like Wikipedia collapse under the weight of unverifiable information? via Folklore Published on October 21, 2023 at 04:39PM Link: https://ift.tt/N4cbrRH Curator: 0x1b4a302D15412655877d86ae82823D8F6d085ddD (0x1b4a302D15412655877d86ae82823D8F6d085ddD)

“VERIFIED” :: How open-source intelligence (OSINT) accounts are wreaking havoc on modern warfare. “What exists now is a profit and engagement driven ecosystem of non-experts who in some cases may be spreading videos for the clout and cash, rather than to inform readers about what is actually true. One respected OSINT expert, known as Obretix, told 404 Media that Twitter now is “self promoting aggregators, posting thousands of tweets to get some revenue share from Elon.” via Folklore Published on October 19, 2023 at 10:04AM Link: https://ift.tt/8hCuWjl Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

PRICE AND VALUE: "Rennekamp’s perspective on liquidity in markets indicates that art often operates in a realm of low liquidity, especially when new ideas and practices have not yet achieved widespread understanding or agreement. This dynamic creates a large potential “spread” between the valuation of artworks, challenging the dichotomy of “good art” versus “bad art.” His observation highlights that art’s value is not solely determined by financial metrics but is influenced by a complex interplay of factors. Rennekamp posits that while the established definitions of value may be accurate, they are limited in scope. He highlights the liquidity, or the lack thereof, in art markets, arguing that art thrives in the bounds of low liquidity, leaving ample room for varied valuation. The central dichotomy has shifted from questioning the authenticity of art to its qualitative value and its economic worth — stressing the tension between the subjective value of art and its market price." via Folklore Published on October 16, 2023 at 04:43PM Link: https://ift.tt/Wb1evOL Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

MIND MATTERS: “ If my suspicions are right, all this spiritual entrepreneurship I’ve been documenting is playing the role of competitive evolution towards a new synthesis, a new way of making sense of mental health in the West. We may be surprised at what happens in the coming decades; we may end up with concepts of wellness and illness that do not exist today.” via Folklore Published on October 15, 2023 at 02:04PM Link: https://ift.tt/VfEo2h5 Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

MYTHIC TURNED REAL: “The open-ended design of the Whole Earth Index is intended as a sort of provocation towards future works — a message and invitation in the spirit of the original catalog’s epochal claim that “we are as gods and might as well get good at it.” The tens of thousands of scanned pages will live on the servers of the Internet Archive — as good a place as any to try and stave off a Digital Dark Age — but the ideas of the Whole Earth Catalog and its heirs will always live among those of us who read it and access its tools. What will you do with them?” via Folklore Published on October 14, 2023 at 01:17PM Link: https://ift.tt/AdMXSWO Curator: 0x1b4a302D15412655877d86ae82823D8F6d085ddD (0x1b4a302D15412655877d86ae82823D8F6d085ddD)