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Jenna Hanlon (no login)
Posted Apr 17, 2007 2:35 PM
An investigative assessment of the evolutionary shift we have seen in interaction, along with the rise of the internet and following the attacks of September the 11th. In a post-apocalyptic landscape, how does society find itself adapting to new forms of expressionism and organizing realms of importance? Personal sites like ‘Myspace’ and ‘facebook’ are created by users and informally invite the rest of the world to share within their life, in pictures, friends and notes….. and in some cases, their death. Is the internet the digital age’s new necropolis? Is there any connection between the ‘Myspace’ memorials and the decision for variant funeral arrangements for young people? What drives the desire to resolve life online? Is the tradition wailing at a headstone in a graveyard alone dying in vain? To whom are these messages actually addressed? Does anyone actually believe that a past life is still checking their websites? If not, to whom are these letters of grief and sorrow posted? Are we just purging our strongest emotions in tune to the chaotic disorder of the times through the spaces left by the dead or is it that in an crowd of mass production and overpopulation the power of grief has found a new, excited audience to regard the pain of those who around us, while allowing a safe distance from the ‘real’. The terrorist movement online, finding martyrdom dot com. Seeking out death on the internet. Other awesome digressions.
*Regarding the Pain of Others, Ground Zero, The Spirit of Terrorism, Welcome to the Desert of the Real, The Power of Mourning and Violence. As well as other researched articles/editorials/theorists
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