The hottest Internet Art Substack posts right now

The term 'Internet core' emerged within contemporary art, encompassing net art, post-internet, and new media, highlighting a shift towards internet-centric reality and engagement.
Artists within the Internet core scene are creating works more focused on personal narratives, political interpretations, and user engagement outside traditional gallery settings, shaping a distinct approach to digital art.
The Internet represents more than just a medium; it is a mindset, an approach, and a language for artists, shaping their practices and leading to a diverse range of artistic expressions beyond categorizations.

The exhibition 'The Manic American Humanist Show' features work from four core contributors to Do Not Research, showcasing an exploration of niche politics and post-Internet art.
The artists in the exhibition address themes of cultural and political shifts in America post-2011, reflecting on movements like Occupy, Trump's election, and Bernie Sanders' campaigns.
The exhibition aims to break from the nihilism in contemporary fine art and millennial politics, focusing on human agency, spiritual liberation, and self-reflection.

The pre-Internet history of social media was kinder and better, with no commercial mandates or indexes.
Research shows people are becoming less satisfied with dating apps, raising questions about the fault lying in ourselves, phones, or stars.
Silicon Valley is disrupting various aspects of life, including food with innovations like DNA-based meal planning.

When dealing with cyberstalking, fear of physical harm is often a requirement for legal action.
Satirical Twitter accounts may lose their humor as real-world issues escalate.
Some new coding systems, like C+, are designed with specific political biases.

Beware of fake profiles in online dating sites, the use of fake bots is widespread and many people have fallen victim to them.
Wikipedia can be a predictor of the presidential race and wikipedians have a significant influence on public opinion.
Algorithms are both simpler and more complex than they seem, reading up on them could be beneficial.

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The series 'Reality Shifting' explores the concept of aspirational escapism during planetary collapse and consumer culture.
The art project features light boxes with portraits representing internet subcultures and their users in a state of suspension.
Reality shifting, a trendy mental activity emerged post-COVID-19 pandemic, involves transcending physical confines to visit fictional universes.