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Rebuild the Internet

In brief, start from scratch and redesign the internet in any medium using only analog tools.

First, think about these questions:

1. What is the internet?
2. How does the internet work?
3. Where does the internet live?
4. Who lives there?
5. What is the internet for?

Then, read around, skim, browse Small Pieces Loosely Joined by David Weinberger. Start by glancing at the preface and chapter 1, but click around the site for the book. It offers one theory of what the web is.

More importantly, though, think about what the web is for you.

Now, working on your own or with a group, use only analog tools, like fingers, paper, scissors, mechanical (not digital) tools to represent, reassemble, reimagine the internet. Your work can be interactive or static, 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional, a conceptual map or a more literal one.

Remediate your work back into digital space by taking photograph(s) or video of it. Publish on Medium with the #dgst101 tag and include an artist’s statement describing the what, why, and hows of your process. Share a link on Slack to your Medium post in the #rebuild-the-internet channel.