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http://netzkunst.berlin ➠ reconstructing, archiving and exhibiting pioneering and contemporary net art & culture · /rosa project space w/ @pankegallery.bsky.social · Heidelberger Str. 28, 12059 Berlin Neukölln/Alt-Treptow
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10 NOV: celebrating net art at the Portuguese National Library, in Lisbon, with testimonials by Beatriz Albuquerque, Miguel Carvalhais, Luísa Ribas, Rui Torres and Sofia Ponte, the editor of the book "Net Art in the Bermuda Triangle" published by MEO Foundation represented by Carolina Pita Negrão.
October 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 was a laboratory exhibition that explored accessibility and new media.

Featuring the work of Sojung Bahng, Jan Berger, Hortense Boulais-Ifrène, Debbie Ding, Gabriel Menotti, DC Spensley. With Gabriel Menotti, Michael Wahl, Aya Schamoni, Katrina Blach, Paloma Oliveira.
A man sitting indoors holds a bright pink rectangular object close to his face, examining it carefully. The object has tactile Braille writing on its surface. He appears focused, wearing a light green jacket, and sitting near a window with a blurred street scene visible outside. A man, seated, holds a detailed pink 3D-printed model in his hands, exploring its textured surface by touch. The model appears to represent a miniature landscape or architectural layout with raised shapes and structures. Three people are seated indoors on wooden chairs and a leather sofa, listening attentively. The room has wooden floors and a large window letting in daylight. One person in a dark jacket sits near the window, another with long dark hair faces forward, and a third person with red hair sits beside them. A group of people is gathered in a cozy room with a large window. One person is speaking and gesturing while sitting at a red table with a laptop, cups, and plates. The others listen attentively from wooden chairs and benches. The atmosphere appears informal and conversational.
October 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Closing Panel: Distribution of the Sensorial – Accessibility as Aesthetic

🗓 Sunday, 19 October 2025, 11:00–13:00

📍 /rosa, Heidelberger Str. 28, 12059 Berlin-Neukölln (corner with Elserstraße)

At the center lies one question: How can accessibility itself become an artistic and curatorial approach?
October 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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A big thank you to everyone who came to the opening yesterday!

/rosa
14-17 Oct, 1–6 PM
18-19 Oct, 11 AM – 6 PM

w/ Sojung Bahng, Jan Berger, Hortense Boulais-Ifrène, Debbie Ding, Gabriel Menotti, DC Spensley

Workshops:
16 Oct, 4 PM
18 Oct, 11 AM

Sign up:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1876...
A group of people sit in a dimly lit room watching a projection on a wall that shows an animated figure with glowing eyes and yellow jewelry. Some people sit on chairs or a couch, while others sit on the floor. One person walks past, appearing blurred in motion. The space has wooden floors and translucent panels on the walls. Two women stand behind a table with bottles of Club-Mate and other drinks. One smiles warmly while talking to the other in soft evening light that casts shadows on the textured white wall behind them. A group of people sit and stand attentively watching something off-frame. In the foreground are bowls of snacks—pretzels, cheese, and bread—on a red tablecloth. The room has warm lighting and a cozy, intimate atmosphere. People sit in rows of wooden chairs facing a projection on a wall showing an animated scene with subtitles. The room is softly lit, with a red snack table near the entrance and reflections of streetlights visible through the window.
October 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Opening tonight at 6 PM. Welcome!
zfn.bsky.social Zentrum für Netzkunst Berlin @zfn.bsky.social · Oct 12
DISTRIBUTION OF THE SENSORIAL
Opening: Tue, 14 Oct, 6 PM
/rosa project space, Heidelberger Str. 28, Berlin

Featuring the work of Sojung Bahng, Jan Berger, Hortense Boulais-Ifrène, Debbie Ding, Gabriel Menotti, and DC Spensley.

Sign up for workshops & guided visits:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1876...
October 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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DISTRIBUTION OF THE SENSORIAL
Opening: Tue, 14 Oct, 6 PM
/rosa project space, Heidelberger Str. 28, Berlin

Featuring the work of Sojung Bahng, Jan Berger, Hortense Boulais-Ifrène, Debbie Ding, Gabriel Menotti, and DC Spensley.

Sign up for workshops & guided visits:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1876...
Five square red 3D reliefs arranged on a flat surface, each showing a bust of a human figure. The figures are stylized and vary in appearance, including one with a feathered headdress, one with a blindfold, and another with long hair. The sculptures are detailed and embossed from flat pink squares, creating a vibrant and tactile composition. A minimalist gallery space with a wooden floor and white textured wall. Six small square photographs are evenly spaced in a row on the left side of the wall. On the right, a flat-screen monitor displays a yellow-toned digital scene with the words “Above the Waves.” A single black cable runs from the monitor down to the floor. A close-up view of a monitor showing museum artifacts, including a white sculpted head. In the foreground, a hand holds a bright pink 3D-printed miniature diorama of the same display, featuring tiny replicas of the sculptures and objects. A television sits on a windowsill, showing a vivid digital animation with bright neon shapes and organic lines against a black starry background. Through the large window behind the screen, a quiet urban street is visible with trees, bicycles, and apartment buildings.
October 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
zfn.bsky.social
DISTRIBUTION OF THE SENSORIAL

Opening: 14 Oct, 6 PM
/rosa, Heidelberger Str. 28, Berlin

14-17 Oct, 1–6 PM
18-19 Oct, 11 AM – 6 PM

Sign up for workshops:
16 Oct, 4–6 PM
18 Oct, 11 AM – 1 PM

- in English:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1876...
- in German:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1nPf...
Close-up of a tactile print showing a pink and white lotus flower on a green lily pad. The image includes raised dots in Braille, allowing blind and visually impaired people to read the description through touch. A 3D printer in action, printing a bright pink object on its build plate. The printer head, labeled “Bambu Lab,” moves over the partially completed model, which has intricate geometric patterns and structural details. Close-up of a tactile artwork showing a pink and white flower with a yellow center. The flower petals have raised dots forming Braille text, designed for touch reading by blind or visually impaired people. A small red tactile relief depicting a person with a large feathered headdress. The image is embossed on a flat square surface placed on a light wooden table, designed to be explored through touch.
October 12, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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DISTRIBUTION OF THE SENSORIAL
exploring accessibility and new media

Opening: 14 Oct, 6 PM
/rosa, Heidelberger Str. 28, Berlin
14-17 Oct, 1–6 PM
18-19 Oct, 11 AM – 6 PM

Sign up for workshops:
16 Oct, 4 PM
18 Oct, 11 AM
- Eng:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1876...
- Ger:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1nPf...
White banner with the title ‘distribution of the sensorial’ written in faint bold letters, overlaid by a braille transcription made of black dots. Underneath, the subtitle ‘an experiment in VR and accessibility’ written in a light grey seriffed font, followed by the visiting hours and the address of the project space. In the bottom, a logo bar in dark grey, featuring logos of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, /rosa, and Connected Minds.
October 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Distribution of the Sensorial
/rosa, Heidelberger Str. 28, Berlin

Opening: 14 Oct, 6–10 PM
~ Book launch: Barbarian Currents by Gabriel Menotti, curator

Panel discussion:
19 Oct, 11 AM
~ with institutions engaged with arts and disabilities

Sign up for workshops:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1876...
Black banner with the title ‘distribution of the sensorial’ written in faint bold letters, overlaid by a braille transcription made of white dots. Underneath, the subtitle ‘an experiment in VR and accessibility’ written in a light grey seriffed font, followed by the visiting hours and the address of the project space. In the bottom, a logo bar in dark grey, featuring logos of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, /rosa, and Connected Minds.
October 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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ohsofia.bsky.social
Net Art in the Bermuda Triangle is a book about net art in Portugal. It includes essays by Sofia Ponte & Luis D. Rivero Moreno, the essay “Redes de Cuidado” [Networks of Care] by annet dekker, translated into Portuguese, and digital art projects by a few amazing artists. Published by Fundação MEO.
June 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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THE STUDY OF NET ART IN PORTUGAL AND THE EXHIBITION Net Arte no Triângulo das Bermudas
(Portuguese and English) - by Sofia Ponte
drive.google.com/file/d/1FsAU...
June 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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📷 @ezka-ter.bsky.social and #Sakrowski presenting our reconstruction of the work "without addresses" by @joachimblank.bsky.social and Karl-Heinz Jeron at the @re-publica.com 25 in Berlin.

[netart repository]
netart.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Without...
Two people are standing at a small round table at a tech or culture exhibition inside an industrial-style building with large windows and exposed ductwork. The person on the left has short curly hair, glasses, and is wearing a white jacket over a green shirt with black pants and beige sneakers. They have a name badge hanging from a lanyard. The person on the right has a short white beard and is wearing a black jacket over a striped shirt, jeans, and beige sneakers. On the table are two open laptops, one displaying a webpage and the other showing a colorful screen with text. Behind them is a digital screen and a tall information board covered in a complex blue map design with highlighted texts. A large green sign overhead reads “Berlin. Gemeinsam. Digital” and “Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt” (Berlin. Together. Digital – Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion). The setting appears lively and interactive.
May 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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In Between – A One Night NetArt Show
panke.gallery/exhibition/b...

Fri, 23 May, 7 pm ~ 4 am

w/ Amy Alexander, Vuk Ćosić, Constant Dullaart, Sarah Friend & Arkadiy Kukarkin, JODI, Olia Lialina, Jonas Lund, Joana Moll, Everest Pipkin, Sebastian Schmieg, Miyö van Stenis, Igor Štromajer & Brane Zorman
A vibrant and digitally surreal poster for an art event titled "Bright Night". The title is displayed at the top in large, chunky, futuristic black font with rounded pixelated edges. Below it, a subtitle in clean black sans-serif reads: "+one night exhibition of NetArtActivities". The background is a kaleidoscope of digital effects and abstract imagery: neon green, blue, and pink light streaks, sparks, glowing orbs, glitch textures, star shapes, and cloud-like formations layered over a shiny, metallic-looking surface with bubble and gear motifs. Bright flashes and lightning bolts add to the energy and chaos of the design. Event details at the bottom include: "23.05.2025" in large, futuristic, semi-transparent gray font; "19:00 – Late" in smaller black text; "panke.gallery + PANKE club" in minimalist black font. The overall aesthetic mixes cybernetic, digital, and dreamy sci-fi elements, evoking an immersive tech-art experience.
May 19, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Join us for a collective maintenance and setup session. Led by Mario Guzman & @ezka-ter.bsky.social, we'll go through our phones to adjust, reprogram, delete and reset. We'll focus on checking privacy settings to opt out of ads and tracking. And we'll share some programs and tools with each other.
zfn.bsky.social Zentrum für Netzkunst Berlin @zfn.bsky.social · May 12
Maintenance Phone Collective / Social Tech Support

20 May 2025, 7-9 pm
Kanapé Studio, Hobrechtstraße 54, 12047 Berlin

Led by Mario Guzman & @ezka-ter.bsky.social

Registration:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Snacks & drinks included.
Kanapé Studio in collab w/ Zentrum für Netzkunst
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A digital flyer with a soft lavender background and mixed fonts promoting an upcoming event. Top left corner: “meet up on the couch!” in italic white text. Top right corner: white and red logo of kanapé kollektiv. Centered in red hand-drawn uppercase text: "MAINTENANCE PHONE COLLECTIVE / SOCIAL TECH SUPPORT" Below in white bold text: "in collab with Zentrum für Netzkunst", with a red hand-drawn arrow looping toward it from the left. Bottom of the flyer: "Tuesday 20.05 @ 19:00-21:00" in bold white text. The style is playful and DIY-inspired, suggesting a community-oriented tech support meetup. A bold red flyer with white text and a purple sketch. Top half reads in large white bold text: "is the smartphone still working for me, or am I working for it?" Below the text, there is a hand-drawn purple outline of a classic mobile phone with three squiggly lines above it representing ringing or signal. Bottom of the image: "Maintenance Phone Collective / Social Tech Support meetup" followed by the date "20.05.25" in italic white text. The design is striking, with a focus on questioning the role of smartphones in our lives.
May 17, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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In Between - a One Night Net Art Group Show
panke.gallery/exhibition/b...
23 May, 7pm ~ 4am

w/ Amy Alexander, Vuk Ćosić, Constant Dullaart, Sarah Friend & Arkadiy Kukarkin, JODI, Olia Lialina, Jonas Lund, Joana Moll, Everest Pipkin, Sebastian Schmieg, Miyö van Stenis, Igor Štromajer & Brane Zorman
A black and white QR code.
May 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
zfn.bsky.social
Maintenance Phone Collective / Social Tech Support

20 May 2025, 7-9 pm
Kanapé Studio, Hobrechtstraße 54, 12047 Berlin

Led by Mario Guzman & @ezka-ter.bsky.social

Registration:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Snacks & drinks included.
Kanapé Studio in collab w/ Zentrum für Netzkunst
kanape.studio
A digital flyer with a soft lavender background and mixed fonts promoting an upcoming event. Top left corner: “meet up on the couch!” in italic white text. Top right corner: white and red logo of kanapé kollektiv. Centered in red hand-drawn uppercase text: "MAINTENANCE PHONE COLLECTIVE / SOCIAL TECH SUPPORT" Below in white bold text: "in collab with Zentrum für Netzkunst", with a red hand-drawn arrow looping toward it from the left. Bottom of the flyer: "Tuesday 20.05 @ 19:00-21:00" in bold white text. The style is playful and DIY-inspired, suggesting a community-oriented tech support meetup. A bold red flyer with white text and a purple sketch. Top half reads in large white bold text: "is the smartphone still working for me, or am I working for it?" Below the text, there is a hand-drawn purple outline of a classic mobile phone with three squiggly lines above it representing ringing or signal. Bottom of the image: "Maintenance Phone Collective / Social Tech Support meetup" followed by the date "20.05.25" in italic white text. The design is striking, with a focus on questioning the role of smartphones in our lives.
May 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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panke.gallery presents
MEME READING CLUB
by @damjanski.bsky.social
memereading.club

15 May 2025, 6-8 pm
at /rosa
Heidelberger Str. 28, 12059 Berlin
panke.gallery/event/meme-r...

capacity: 20 participants – RSVP hallo@damjanski.com

Bring your phone and a meme. Take a seat. Let's read the internet.
A brightly colored green poster is taped to a street pole in a busy city intersection. The poster advertises a quirky event titled "MEME READING CLUB" in bold white and black block letters at the top. Surrounding the text are several popular meme images: a hooded figure (possibly Emperor Palpatine), a man laughing, a Pepe-style frog character, and a man crouching in a contemplative pose. Event details are written in a mix of black and colorful fonts: "May 15 @ /rosa" — with "/rosa" in pink; "Heidelberger Str. 28, 12059 Berlin"; "from 6–9pm"; "by damjanski" — with "damjanski" in light blue and purple gradient; "RSVP & bring your phone and a meme" — the last part italicized in black. The setting of the poster is an urban street with blurred pedestrians, yellow taxi, crosswalk, and buildings in the background.
May 4, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Tomorrow, on Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 19:30-21:00 at panke.gallery & online:
panke.gallery/event/galler...

chat is this real ➠ join us for a live Gallery Surfing session with NYC-based net artist Maya Man and Berlin-based media and concept artist @aramba.bsky.social as they browse the web together
April 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Next week at panke.gallery and online ➠ 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 – live gallery surfing session with Maya Man & @aramba.bsky.social

🗓️ Tuesday, 29 April, 19:30 - 21:00
panke.gallery/event/galler...

The artists will showcase their projects, surf their favorite websites, and share their personal desktops.
A digital collage composed of overlapping web browser windows featuring pastel-colored pop-art-style text and interface elements. In the center, large pink letters read: “At 3:00 PM, I take a SoulCycle break, shower, and finally change into a real shirt.” The background shows a contemporary art museum, specifically the Whitney Museum of American Art, with soft lighting and text snippets like “Beautiful time of year to go for a wa” and social media-style comments. The visual reflects themes of digital culture, routine, and self-expression. A high-ceilinged church interior with arched windows and stone detailing, transformed into a modern art installation. Suspended from the ceiling are two large sculptural chandeliers composed of LED panels and screens arranged in a circular pattern, emitting bright white light. The wall behind one of the chandeliers features a large, pixel-like black and white pattern resembling a QR code, contrasting with the stained glass window. A photo of a contemporary artist’s studio in a sunlit loft with large windows and hardwood floors. In the center stands a woman with long dark hair, wearing a white top and light green wide-legged pants. Around her are tables filled with colorful zines, small art objects, books, beauty products, and trinkets. A pink heart-shaped balloon floats to the left, and pastel posters on the wall include phrases like “BE DISRESPECTFUL TO ONE ANOTHER.” The space exudes a curated, creative energy. A row of wooden computer cubicles set up in a gallery-like space, each with a computer displaying various internet-related content such as social media, Photoshop, and news sites. Above the stations are neon-style LED signs with words like "Open" and "Internet" in red and blue lights. The setup resembles a blend of an internet café and a digital art installation, with office chairs placed at each cubicle.
April 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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pankegallery.bsky.social
Chat, is this real
– live gallery surfing session with NYC-based net artist Maya Man & Berlin-based media and concept artist @aramba.bsky.social

panke.gallery, Tuesday, 29 April 2025 from 19:30 to 21:00

panke.gallery/event/galler...

Live at panke.gallery & streamed at: panke.gallery/streaming
panke.gallery, Berlin: a minimal, empty white gallery with concrete flooring and stark fluorescent lighting is shown in a livestream format. The top left corner displays a red "LIVE" icon and viewer count (2,736). In the top right, white text reads, "Chat, is this real." The bottom features a black livestream interface bar with icons for chat, sound, pause, and settings. A prominent purple "Chat" button stands out on the lower right. The gallery has an uncanny, surreal atmosphere—clean, clinical, and devoid of any furniture or people.
April 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Presentation ➠ Blank & Jeron: without addresses; Night of Libraries, 4 April at 17:30, HGB Bibliothek, Leipzig
www.hgb-leipzig.de/en/academy/c...
– net art project developed for documenta X, 1997
netart.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Without...

@ezka-ter.bsky.social will present the reconstruction methods.
Computer Lab Scene: A retro-style computer lab with several people working at old desktop computers. The room has a blue backdrop and white desks, with computers featuring CRT monitors and large keyboards. The environment gives an early internet-era feel, with users deeply engaged in their screens. Website Screenshot: A digital interface displaying a website titled "Without Addresses." The background consists of a complex, blue-tinted map, with yellow pixelated text overlaying it. There’s a text input box labeled "Request" and a blue button that reads "Tell Me Who You Are!" Navigation links like "documenta X," "concept," and "credits" are visible at the bottom.
April 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Metaphors of the Internet
netzkunst.berlin/metaphors
From Net, City, World to Cloud, Market, Sea
[video archive]
youtube.com/@netzkunst.b...

with Olia Lialina, @kasmanio.bsky.social, OMSK, Lotte Warnsholdt, Mathias Denecke, Kendal Beynon, Orit Gat

· @ezka-ter.bsky.social, J. Kochanek, A. Ostertag
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March 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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~ spring cleaning in our /rosa library
A table filled with books, papers, and folders is displayed in the image. The books are stacked in different orientations, with some lying flat and others standing upright. Many of them have academic or artistic-looking covers, featuring bold typography and abstract designs. A white book with the text "Ceci n'est pas une page Web." (French for "This is not a web page.") is prominent in the foreground. Another book titled "Lost and Living (in) Archives" has a modern design with blue, yellow, and gray elements. On top of it, there is a white paper with handwritten text "ZFN" in blue ink, accompanied by smaller printed text. In the background, additional books and a green folder are visible, along with a stone fireplace and a cardboard box, suggesting a workspace or library setting
March 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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[just in case] ↓
zfn.bsky.social Zentrum für Netzkunst Berlin @zfn.bsky.social · Feb 12
The Internet is f@ck¡d... let's read books (about the Internet)

These days, it feels especially urgent to defend space for open and critical debate about the public sphere of the Internet. The library at the Zentrum für Netzkunst offers texts that explore the Internet [→]

(1/3)
↓ read more ↓
A digital artwork with a distorted, glitchy black-and-white background that resembles a pixelated or liquid metal texture. Over this background, bold, bright cyan text is displayed in a slightly tilted, wavy arrangement. The text reads: "the internet is f@ck¡d... let's read books (about the internet)". Different words in the text vary slightly in size and distortion, adding to the chaotic, digital aesthetic. The overall design gives a futuristic, cyberpunk, or net-art feel.
February 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
zfn.bsky.social
The Internet is f@ck¡d... let's read books (about the Internet)

These days, it feels especially urgent to defend space for open and critical debate about the public sphere of the Internet. The library at the Zentrum für Netzkunst offers texts that explore the Internet [→]

(1/3)
↓ read more ↓
A digital artwork with a distorted, glitchy black-and-white background that resembles a pixelated or liquid metal texture. Over this background, bold, bright cyan text is displayed in a slightly tilted, wavy arrangement. The text reads: "the internet is f@ck¡d... let's read books (about the internet)". Different words in the text vary slightly in size and distortion, adding to the chaotic, digital aesthetic. The overall design gives a futuristic, cyberpunk, or net-art feel.
February 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM