Benoit.Tokyo (@benoit_tokyo) • Hey
⚫️Digital culture producer based in Tokyo⚪️
I have been exploring digital creativity since the early 2000s.
Past & present works/freelance contracts: M
Publications
- Fantastically written text on technostalgia trends and contemporary art!
- 🔥😮💨 This text might just be the clearest explanation yet of where my curatorial partner Vienna and I stand in our Technostalgia research and curatorial project.
Coming from an academic background, we’ve tried to provide a balanced narrative: not too scholarly, yet still substantial. 🧠
We’ve only just begun, with plenty of exciting developments already in the pipeline. 🚀
A huge thank you to ONBD, SuperRare, Zora, Massage Magazine, and Outland for the support and assistance they’ve provided so far. TYSM to all the artists we’ve curated and those we will in the future — <3
🔥 Visuals: Nicole Ruggiero x Inès Alpha, Emi Kusano, Raquel Meyers, Kyt, and polygon1993.
Please read and collect if you want to help Vienna and me to have a website for this project. Merci x 1000 🙏
🖤 @lens/lens @lens/orb @lens/mariapaula
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♡ ༘ ⋆ CURATING TECHNOSTALGIA BEYOND AESTHETICS ♡ ༘ ⋆
Vienna Kim & me, April 2024 ( •ॢᴗ•ॢ⋈)
We e-met during the bull run of 2022 while freelancing for SuperRare. Very quickly, we found we had a shared interest for early web aesthetics, Animal Crossing memes, Y2K subcultures, and translucent collectible electronics. We wanted to investigate what it was, exactly, that made such content so appealing to us, working off a hunch that we surely weren’t the only ones to feel this way, and realized that the common denominator in the media and culture we loved was that each of them exuded the hazy yet somehow comforting allure of technostalgia. These observations and passions eventually fueled the creation of LAN Party, our collaborative curatorial project that, in its first arc, aims to critically explore the concept of technostalgia within the Web3 space.
Whilst we love the sentimentality and the aesthetics of artworks that explore technostalgia, we’re not just here for the vibes. We aim for this focus to serve as a unique lens through which we examine the pulse of contemporary digital culture, drawing on our personal observations, existing research, and what artists are currently producing. Our goal is to shed light on the newly found adoration for technostalgia in Web3, delineating its complexities and measuring its influence on the present and future cultural landscape.
We have already explored the aesthetic practices and the tradition of collecting and curating within Web3, positioning it as an extension of the historical and widespread human pursuit of gathering. We’ve also observed that the influence of rapid technological progress has resulted in a resurgence of technostalgic visuals and art forms, such as ASCII, pixel or low-poly art, signaling a shift away from powerful AI-generated or CGI creations. Through these reflections, we aim to explore how technostalgia is shaping our future, especially as Web3 underscores its pivotal role in today’s digital cultural landscape.
Here are some of our thoughts:
UNDERSTANDING TECHNOSTALGIA ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ
Technostalgia is an emotional reaction–often sentimental, close to a longing–that is most commonly associated with technology from the 1980s - 2000s. It pines for the machines and the internet we fell for beautiful yet flawed, with a broken design that felt at once frustrating and serendipitous. This specific strain of nostalgia has the power to act as a retro-tech time machine, whisking us back to the era of chunky pixels, ‘90s web interfaces, and low-poly graphics.
In the Web3 space, this blast from the past is particularly relevant. On top of the allure of the aesthetic layer, technostalgia in Web3 also reflects a yearning for the original values of the Internet: decentralization, transparency, and democratization. This sentiment influences the development and perception of the Web3 ecosystem, driving a desire to recapture the possibilities and freedom associated with the ‘Wild West’ days of the internet, the read-only web, or Web 1.0.
Technostalgia has taken on new prominence in response to the dizzying pace of technological advancement, especially with the palpable tension and anxiety society has developed around surveillance capitalism, data protection, and AI proliferation. As new technologies and systems quickly replace old ones, we often find ourselves missing the tech we used to play with in the '90s or '00s. This could be anything from the sound of a dial-up modem connecting to the network, the feel of a GameBoy or Tamagotchi in our hands, the Uh Oh! of ICQ or the sight of the Windows 95 startup screen. While these memories evoke an attraction for the simplicity and beauty of past technologies, they also present a paradox: whilst our society seems all-in on the advancements of the present, we grapple with the allure of the less efficient, clunky, buggy, and yet emotionally resonant tech of yesteryears, highlighting the slippery (and very human) state of alternating between progress and sentimentality.
TECHNOSTALGIA IN WEB3 ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ
Web3 is a new phase of the internet that is built on blockchains. It represents a shift from the current centralized model controlled by a handful of corporations to a decentralized model where use and access are controlled by community-run networks. The evolution of the internet can be described in three stages. Web1 was the first draft of the internet which proliferated in the 1990s and early 2000s, where people mostly used the internet to read web pages and chat. Web2 came about in the mid-2000s, with the emergence of social media platforms like Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter, empowering users to create their own content.
Web3 is the next phase, where users not only read and write content but also own it.
In the context of Web3, technostalgia takes on new significance, as it allows us to appreciate the journey of the internet from its inception to its current state, and now towards Web3 in full effect. Understanding the evolution of the internet from its origin to the present day is crucial because it provides us with a roadmap of previous innovations and challenges, informing our decisions and strategies as we build a more decentralized, transparent, and user-empowered digital world. This historical perspective is key to ensuring that Web3 not only replicates the successes of previous iterations but also learns from their shortcomings, notably utilizing the blockchain to enable a more thoughtful and inclusive future for the internet. The result: forging a path that honors the past while boldly innovating for tomorrow.
TECHNOSTALGIA AND DIGITAL ART ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ
In the context of digital art, technostalgia acts as a theme, sentiment, and lens for critique. This can take the form of adopting retro tech aesthetics such as pixel art or low-poly 3D renders, to reappropriating and/or making use of obsolete technologies. We can divide these approaches largely into two categories: The Sentimental and The Critical.
_1. The Sentimental_
Artists and artworks that adopt The Sentimental approach to technostalgia often reappropriate the aesthetics of retro, 90s, or Y2K technologies and present them in a way that evokes a strong emotional reaction in the viewer as they relate what they see in the work with their own experiences and memories of these technologies. Our first online exhibition on SuperRare, The Crypto Pawnshop, explored the sentimental approach to technostalgia in depth, developing the visual imaginary of a fictional ‘crypto pawnshop’ that stocked a series of gadgets and gizmos that upon first view appeared to be reminiscent of the real-life objects we used to own, and yet they are purely speculative, often exhibiting a broken or non-functional design. The dissociation of these imaginary objects from that which existed concretely demonstrates the anesthetizing effect of technostalgia; our flawed memories often over-apply sentimental or aesthetic value to these objects which, in reality, would often glitch or fail. By leaning into this dissociation, these artworks dive wholly into the purely ‘sentimental’ value of Technostalgia, favoring emotional reminiscences over factual verity.
Some artists that have adopted the sentimental approach to technostalgia include Emi Kusano, Kyt, POLYGON1993, and Nicole Ruggiero, to name a few.
_2. The Critical_
The Critical approach to exploring technostalgia takes on radically different methodologies to that of The Sentimental. Often, these artists directly employ obsolete technological tools (for example, older models of computers such as the Commodore 64), to analyze our society’s current relationship with outdated tech. These artists often emphasize the importance of retaining a critical stance when considering our relationship with technology and the speed at which it is developing, and often also treat environmental concerns, such as what happens to all the technological waste that accumulates once these machines are at their term’s end.
Notably, artist Dev Harlan stakes his claim within the ‘Critical’ camp in his essay “Notes on Retrofuturism” for Right Click Save magazine, declaring: “Nostalgia is a longing for an imagined past which allows one to gloss over unpleasant or undesirable histories to cope with the present. In this way, technostalgia privileges an imagined history of technology and an anesthetized view of that history. But sentimentalism is the opposite of criticality.” He goes on to describe his fascination with collecting discarded electronics, with an impulse that was initially motivated by technostalgia but quickly evolved into critiquing the wastefulness of the tech sector. He gathered and reappropriated hundreds of outdated models of computers, motivated by the motto “obsolescence is a lack of imagination”, to create gaming lounges or digital art installations to prolong the life of these machines that had been discarded for newer, shinier models.
Raquel Meyers is another artist who uses obsolete technologies, such as a Commodore 64 computer, to create her digital artworks. The use of older models circumscribes the artist’s visual output in the style of computer artworks from the 1980s, automatically transcribing onto them a technostalgic aesthetic. And yet, the artist does not pander to sentimentality in her work, instead opting to make use of obsolete technologies to highlight urgent contemporary concerns. For example, in her work Cuando la casa se quema, la obsolescencia es resistencia [When the House Burns Down, Obsolescence is Resistance], which we curated in our second exhibition on Zora, TEXTSCAPE: ASCII Art, Textmode & its Derivatives, the artist creates a scrolling narrative of a house burning down, and the ecological and societal effects this has upon its surrounding community. The work is, of course, a metaphor for our current climate crisis, but the work is also self-reflexive in that it uses an object of obsolescence as an act of resistance (against technocapitalism? The effects of e-waste on climate change?), a concept that is also reflected in the title of the work.
CURATING TECHNOSTALGIA ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ
These two distinct poles of technostalgic approaches in digital art inform the way we can curate such artworks. Indeed, curating technostalgia in 2024 can be a double-edged sword in a couple of ways. For example, presenting works of art that fall into ‘The Sentimental’ camp may appear diametrically opposed to those in ‘The Critical’ camp, and yet both are crucial as a means of holding up a mirror to how cultures online, and more specifically Web3, respond to the phenomenon of technostalgia. Both camps co-exist, and so we aim for the works that we curate to also demonstrate this without favoring one approach over the other.
In addition, whilst curating technostalgia may serve as a digital conservation effort by capturing the essence of technological evolution, it also risks idealizing outdated technologies, potentially hindering innovation. There’s a delicate balance between valuing our digital heritage and fostering a forward-looking mindset in the ever-evolving tech landscape. After all, very little good comes from dwelling on the past.
Moreover, the role of curation in shaping the future of technostalgia cannot be overstated. As our lives become ever more digitized, our experiences and memories are ever more encapsulated in digital formats. Curating these digital artifacts is akin to creating a time capsule that allows future generations to access and understand the digital trends of our era. It’s a way of preserving the ‘digital DNA’ of our society, which includes not only the technologies themselves but also the cultural and emotional contexts in which they exist.
It has been well-documented that the concept of curation has transcended the confines of trad museum spaces (for better or for worse). When it comes to digital artworks and artifacts, curatorial practices become a social process that encompasses the selection, interpretation, and negotiation of a wide array of embodied knowledge. This shift is particularly pronounced in the Web3 space, where the zones between consumer, creator, and curator are increasingly fluid. Within this nuanced landscape, curation plays a crucial role in developing the narrative of technostalgia. It’s about constructing a story that is linked with collective memory while opening a dialogue about the way tech runs through our society.
We, as curators in the Web3 space, have the unique opportunity to influence how technostalgia is perceived and understood, ensuring that it remains a relevant and insightful aspect of our cultural discourse.
v&b
- More Y2K electronics.
What's your favorite?!
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- Which one tonight: The Goonies or Romancing the Stone? 🥲
- 🍜🥵 gm gm.
We definitely need a @club/ramen club. Plz @lens/orb 🥲
- Tokyo's lazy evening vibes call for a Lord of the Rings movie marathon from my fluffy bed. 🎥🧙🏼🍿
Send me some $BONSAI to sponsor my M&Ms and Dr Pepper craving. tysm ! 🥹
- 🌿🪽 Crypto fades, bamboos buzz.
(I went to touch grass yesterday)
#loggedoff
- 🤍🪽 Feeling a bit overwhelmed and stressed lately. (Good stuff on the horizon tho’). Please be kind to me. : )
Also, trying to kick the smoking habit by turning every craving into collecting an NFT. 🥲
Ok, bye for now. 👋🏼
🖼️ 𐙚♡♡🌷͙֒ by Murakiit 🤍 Collected on Zora
- gm! 🐈🌈 Never thought I'd own an official Nyan Cat someday, but I snagged one on Zora during a flash drop this week! Loving @lens/base so much right now.
🥹Cute right? @lens/christina
- Gm gm ! 🍃 🍃
Me and the team at Gallery.so discussed ‘Aux Arbres’ with Zancan for our new editorial piece.
‘Aux Arbres’ is the largest #generativeart collection in history w/ over 76k artworks. (Released in collaboration with @lens/coinbase , @lens/highlight_xyz , and Bright Moments)
Merci Michael.
Give it a read ⬇️⬇️ 🥹
https://gallery.mirror.xyz/XVTdRus41__S9yrpCBlf3qa3Po6bNgrl6SvKcwred3E
- An amazing diary of Benoit's two years~ in the world and community of Galverse.
Read + Collected 🌱
- ⋆.° I took a moment to reflect on the last couple of months within the Web3 anime project, Shinsei Galverse. These are personal notes. Read if you're curious, and collect if it resonates with you — or if you feel generous. = )
Thank you everyone! ★ 彡 @lens/galverse @lens/orb @lens/lens
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**SHORT NOTES ON MY JOURNEY THROUGH SHINSEI GALVERSE** ৻( •̀ ᗜ •́ ৻)
Cannonballing into Galverse felt like a baptism into a neon-lit pool of a new internet culture and its possibilities. Straight from my laptop + smartphone screens, I was introduced to a new collaborative creative process, and the promise of releasing an anime was just a banger.
Shinsei Galverse is not your average PFP project; it’s a gateway to where Tokyo’s rhythm beats in sync with blockchain’s pulse, enhancing '90s anime nostalgia with the magic of Web3 and AI. All these elements converge towards the final “product” expected sometime between Q3 and Q4, 2024.
From the moment I got in, it struck me as different. It’s a slightly geeky-otaku hub, as alive and kicking as the Shibuya streets it draws energy from. But the neighborhood isn’t just a backdrop here. It’s rather the cultural core, the project’s HQ, pulsating with life as much as the tech and network driving it.
I mingled with the Web3 crowd, experiencing the good, the quirky, and the challenges firsthand. The 8,888 gals (minted-out in a couple of hours) became more than digital assets; they represented real people you might run into around the block or share late night ebi-mayo with at our favorite izakaya, SAI. On top of that I also realized I wasn’t just a crypto wallet—I was part of something that resonated with me on a whole new level; a celebration of the local vibes’ power in a sprawling metropolis, where a sense of community can make all the difference.
If you’re on the outside looking in, it might be hard to grasp. But here are some of my personal notes:
**Joy & Nostalgia ₍⑅ᐢ..ᐢ₎**
A scorching afternoon of June 2022, while drinking a Dr Pepper : A PFP on NFTwitter slap me with joy and nostalgia. It had that Clamp-esque '90s anime vibe I’ve loved for ages. After researching Galverse’s roadmap—using Web3’s collective power to put together an anime—I was sold AF. I penned a blog post and snagged my very first gal, Kristy Web, on the secondary market. That was the beginning of something.
**The Community and Its Power (*ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)ꕤ*.ﾟ**
Fast forward—I’m right in the mix, surrounded by *frens*. I see us not just as a community; we’re a trib3, bound by our shared passions for tons of stuff including anime, gaming, ramen, Y2K fashion, Tamagotchi, the Web3 space, highballs (for a bunch of us), and most importantly, our will to bring this ‘impossible anime’ to the Web3 space and beyond.
However, this endeavor goes beyond NFT holders showing-up their PFPs on social media. It’s a mix-match of distinct intellects, abilities, expressions, and life stories, all rallying behind the project’s target. In there, I truly sense the spirit of the Galverse, and so far, the time spent with them has been quite cool. With one of my gals tattooed on my skin, it’s a bond that’s here to stay I guess.
Regarding the personal connections—they’re the blood of what we do. It’s through these genuine, heartfelt exchanges that I’ve found a community nicer than any standard online hangout or Twitter Space. And in Tokyo, where the essence of the gals is most palpable, that’s where the alchemy occurs. Our online convos evolve into encounters, turning Discord and any socials into arenas for real-life connections.
This kinship has taken us from just being screen names to IRL pals, all hyped up about '90s J-Culture, and we’ve slowly moved from just building a community to speeding up the production of the OVA.
**The Creative Process ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧**
Going into the creative process is like navigating a universe where nearly every twist and turn is sculpted by the community. It’s not about launching this DIY anime; it’s about teaming-up to birth something both unique and experimental.
Here’s the whole thing: every NFT holder can contribute. You got at least one, you’re in the club. Discord becomes the arena, buzzing with assignments that offer each member the opportunity to imprint their creativity on the anime. It’s an all-inclusive brainstorm, where every input is treasured as we craft character arcs, design attire, envision anime scene backdrops, name characters and planets, and devise plot twists—it’s the entire spectrum. Clearly, it’s not just a handful at work; it’s a concerted effort by every gal, as much as humanly possible.
The team’s transparency also is gold. Every decision, every stroke of the pen made by Ayaka and the studio + collaborators, ends up on Discord or social media for all eyes to see. It’s not about fueling excitement; it’s about fostering trust. That way, we feel like we're not just conjuring up ideas; we're materializing them, and everyone gets a front-row view of the show.
**The impact of Galverse ≽^•⩊•^≼**
Indeed, Galverse stands out as a key player in Japan's Web3 scene, uniting anime nostalgia with futuristic values, post-authorship concepts, and a shift towards collective creativity. This project is more than a blast from the past; it's a strategic move aligned with 2024’s internet/digital paradigms and the global crave for the ancient-future.
Moreover, the narrative resonates globally, transforming '90s vibes into a dynamic, community-driven move. This mix of community ethos and innovations creates an environment where tech, web culture, and anime prod come together. In this space, neo-storytelling gives every participant a chance to shape the legacy.
**✌︎꒰ ´-`꒱✌︎**
Here’s my lowdown: As a pioneering project in the Web3 anime space, there’s no doubt future generations will look back on Shinsei Galverse!
In this ecosystem, every participant weaves a part of a larger narrative. RIP the zone between creator and consumer; here, the decentralization empowers community ownership, turning fan contributions into tangible stakes in our cosmic odyssey.
This is the Gals’ way to! Valuing passion for anime and the Web3 space as its currency.
b.
- Just landed. 🛬 🇰🇷
- Gm 👾☀️Gallery.so app will be available in the IOS App Store from tomorrow! 🔥 To celebrate this milestone, we made something with @lens/mchx_ and @lens/highlight_xyz.
⚔️ Congrats to the team 🔥
https://gallery.mirror.xyz/YubvK0YYbhC3gFqjxRT6e3IrAs2WHSBzdsNMJT8IDDA
- ⚔️👾🧑🏽💻I wrote this text about the internet on @lens/t2world a few days ago. I will also paste the text here so that you guys can read (and collect) it.
Thx for the opportunity @lens/paris @lens/creee @lens/christina ⚔️
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./づᡕᠵ᠊ᡃ࡚ࠢ࠘ ⸝່ࠡࠣ᠊߯᠆ࠣ࠘ᡁࠣ࠘᠊᠊°.~♡︎
**✞ NETWORK SPIRITUALITY: A SHARED HOLY QUEST ✞**
It’s the late '90s/early 00s, and the internet is a wild wild west of possibilities. At that time. it was still catching on with the masses, and here I am, in my sunny south of France, logging on with a sluggish connection that would give me a really bad headache right now. Fast forward to today, and I haven’t logged out that much since. Call me an O.G. netizen, but I've been caught up in a web of wires, from the dial-up era to the dawn of blockchain, and beyond.
Thinking back on those days of cyber slow-mo and wonky websites to the present, from Myspace and ICQ to today’s Web3 social protocols, I’m amazed by how far we've come. Because I fell for the network from day one, I've naturally grasped the core web concepts like post-identity and post-authorship, along with URL social realities. I've also been into connectivity beliefs and neo-spirituality—things that were hardly conceivable in the pre-net era but have been helping me to scroll in a holistic way.
Over the years, the internet has become such a thing (as a communication tool, but also as a concept). My browsing habits have brought me the craziest, weirdest content, and in recent years, the idea of decentralized networks and Web3 communities. Some of these online fellowships are more likely to transition thoughtlessly from Web2 to Web3, while others crave a new internet experience, such as the Remilia Collective ecosystem and Milady Twitter.
Despite multiple attempts at cancellation, legal disputes, and various controversies, these projects led by Charlotte Fang continually rebound stronger. They are the new wave of net(work) artists and the new net subculture evangelists—drawing a distinction from past net artists who utilize the network itself as a medium.
They aren't simply using the internet to share content; they are living and creating through it, actively shaping it to reflect their vision of the network provocatively. The guerrilla-style they proudly adopt is not about mindlessly fun/shit posting, sharing fumo, Happy meal pics, or retweeting post-philosophic quotes akin to these copypasta and email chains just to flood NFTwitter feeds. Instead, it's all about establishing new rules, a new order, and new narratives that intertwine elements of identity, creativity, and rebellion against net boredom. There is no room for a middle ground here; you either like it or you hate it.
After many of my friends asked me what’s interesting about Remilia, post-authorship, cyber angelism, and the network spirituality thing, I decided to gather a few fundamentals with Charlotte's help for them—mainly because people are too lazy to read lengthy 5000-word blog posts in 2024.
I hope the following lines can highlight your exploration through the holy network.
ଘ꒰੭˶• ༝ •˶꒱੭.⋆｡⋆༶⋆˙⊹❀
Imagine the internet as a vast ocean of connectivity, where each wave and current represents the flow of data and human connection. In this sea, there are a bunch of islands of communities that come together, not just for socializing, chill, and entertainment, but for something more transcendental and profound: a shared spiritual quest.
✞ Virtual Communities ✞
These are like sanctuaries spread out on the internet. People from all walks of life, from different cultures and backgrounds, find each other in these special corners of the web. They’re looking for others who speak the language of the soul, who understand the yearning for something beyond the IRL world. In these places, they share their spiritual wins and failures, support each other’s growth, and sometimes, they just hang out and chill together in silence, feeling the bond that connects them across the internet.
“It’s inevitable we’ll see more soft cults self-organize online as urban-atomized individuals seek spaces of shared meaning which the network easily facilitates.” — Charlotte, June 29, 2022
✞ Digital Rituals ✞
The rituals we all perform have always been a way to touch the divine, to mark the moments of our lives with sacred significance. Now, we’re translating these ancestral practices into digital language. It’s not just about replicating offline rituals online; it’s about creating something entirely new that resonates with our URL life. It’s about finding the sacred in the wires, in the shared screens, the memes, and the cute kaomoji that have become our new symbols of connection.
“The process of repetition and transmutation inherent to memetic transfer has clear parallels to spiritual process—to post is to make oneself a lucid vessel to a higher process through communal ritual.” — Charlotte, March 27, 2024
✞ Personalized Spirituality ✞
The internet is a treasure chest of spiritual wisdom. You can go deep into ancient texts, listen to the thoughts of neo-futuristic mystics, or check out the edges of avant-garde spirituality. It’s a choose-your-own-adventure of the mind, where you can draw a path that’s as unique as your fingerprint. It’s about building a mosaic of beliefs that reflects the complexity of your inner world.
“Any spirituality of the internet would be grounded in a free marketplace of ideas, innately embracing free association and pseudonymity—we're exactly where we're supposed to be.” — Charlotte, March 14, 2024
✞ The Egregore Concept ✞
This is where things get really cool. An egregore is like a collective psychic entity and dream, a creation of the combined focus and intention of a group. Online, these egregores can become A1 powerful forces, shaped by the collective creativity of their initiators. They’re not bound by physical space; they exist in the shared digital consciousness, growing and evolving with each new thought and interaction.
"Virtuality features highly accelerated cultural evolution, giving it extreme susceptibility to manipulation and high hyperstitional potential. Technodieties will proliferate in the form of egregores, directly bending reality to their will. Humanity will be twisted.” — Miya, April 3, 2019
✞ Techno-Spiritual Practices ✞
Technology isn’t just a tool; it can be a portal. Some find that the right app or the perfect algorithm can help them reach a state of flow, where time falls away and they’re left in a space of pure being. Others use virtuality to walk through worlds crafted from their deepest meditations, turning inward exploration into an outward hangout.
“Network spirituality is the futurist embrace of experiential hyperreality found in the web's accelerated networks, a lens in which to efficiently (& safely) engage lucid virtuality, and the internalization of its new cultural modes and mores.” — Charlotte, March 15, 2021
✞ Ethical Considerations ✞
As we get into this new spiritual landscape, we must do so with care and respect. It’s about ensuring that our digital spaces are built on foundations of privacy and consent, that they’re spaces where all are welcome and where the sacredness of each pal’s path is honored.
“Long virtue. Short sin. Remilia world order.”
— Charlotte, March 8, 2024
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In this system, our trajectory is just the next step of our collective consciousness. The internet, once a fledgling network, has turned into a tentacular interconnected space. You + I are way more than passive actors; we are everything. Our rituals, the content we share, and the communities we build are the symbols of a new internet. Together, we create proofs of identity, expressions of our souls.
So, when you get into this narrative, see the web not just as nodes but as a living entity. It’s a space we nurture, and in turn, it nurtures us. Every thought we share becomes a testament to the network's power.
Here’s to the network—our network—that continues to move forward with us, challenging us to watch at the core of what truly connects humans.
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- YABAI NE🎮⚡️
- The downside of #technostalgia is forcing myself to not replace the shit I’ve already got hiding in France. 🇫🇷 🇯🇵
Check out some of these gems. 👀 💎👾
- Feel good. 🌞🌸
- This time of the year. 🌸🍦🌞
- ⚡️👀🪽Celebrating my first publication on @lens/t2world with insights on Internet, Network Spirituality, Egregore, Cyber Angelism, and digital rituals—all while keeping it simple.
Charlotte Fang from Remilia Corp./Milady sent me inspiring quotes . Hope you enjoy the read!
https://app.t2.world/article/clucrq12f1218981ymc2ozemoqo
- ⚡️💯My curatorial partner Vienna and I have been researching about technostalgia for a long time.
While we were invited to curate the first chapter of this project on SuperRare last year (The Crypto Pawnshop: Joy and Nostalgia in the Age of Technocapitalism), we have just successfully launched ASCII art, textmode, and its derivatives, the second chapter on Zora.
Please have a look and collect the collection and our curatorial essay. (It’s free on @lens/base)😊 ♡( ◡‿◡ )
https://zora.co/collect/base:0xf505e3a5fdca911e38c02cfd555d5e05bae73caf
- You need to be following @lens/benoit_tokyo. Trust me on this one.
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- at IZAKAYA💕
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- 🧪🧪 I’ve started helping out the team at gallery.so with the editorial development and growth of the platform. Collaborating with such a dedicated team and community in the Web3 space is just so inspiring.
We just kicked off a new editorial series, [Gallery Selects], with a feature of Elle @lens/riotgoools , a net(work) artist who’s been into web and crypto subcultures for a while now. 🍓
Check out her interview on Mirror (and collect it!) to see what she’s all about.〜 ⬇️
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https://gallery.mirror.xyz/bcWLpLKxVVJCOvzRHY7F-XAD5PO-3T-Ahc9pZzAhX6k
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I wouldn't personally wear it, but I love the low-tech vibe.
#wearable #DIY #GameBoyAdvance
- I like how PizzaDAO exemplifies the versatility of DAOs and Web3 communities, going beyond the boundaries of tech and culture. 🌐🚀 This tasty recipe demonstrates the potential of decentralized decision-making to extend into out-of-the-(pizza)box models. 🍕✨ It reminds us that even a melty four-cheese pizza can catalyze community-driven governance and inclusive social structures. 🧀🏛️ I'm m ready to slice it again with you guys. ❤️🍕
#globalpizzaparty2023 #RevolutionizingSocialModels #OneSliceAtATime #pizza #web3 #DAO
- 👾🎮GM—
Found these 2 cuties in perfect condition in Akihabara ❤️🥹
What are your classics?
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#romancingsaga #SquareEnix
#RETROGAMING #superfamicom
#nintendo #game #videogame
- 🎉🥳 Finally here, looking for fun as a project coordinator, digital content strategist, writer, and curator with a global journey of exploring web (sub)culture and digital art for 10+ years. Let's spice things up together as we create waves of excitement and laughter in this webverse of endless possibilities! 🚀🎮🌐
Thanks @paris.lens x @christina.lens for onboarding me!
#genesispost #lensternewbie