Olia Lialina and ’97 Web Melancholy

By reiniervriend, March 9, 2012

Olia Lialina took the stage in the 2nd session of UnlikeUs #2, Artistic Responses to Social Media. During her presentation she introduced artwork she had created together with Dragan Espenschied. Using the notion of  ‘digital folklore’, Upon (2011) is their most significant contribution to the theme of social media, as it reinvents current such platforms “with the technology [...]