Research Blog Post 2: Netquake

"Netquake"is an art piece by Waldemar Pranckiewicz. This piece is on Rhizome.com under the Formalism and Glitch section."This collection presents a wide range of works from the ArtBase that fall within the broad spectrum of artistic practices that exploit the aesthetics and formal paradigms inherent both in ubiquitous commercial software and home-brew computing. Two particular creative modes are presented: A) works that embrace and highlight the aesthetics, formal elements, and graphical user interfaces inherent in vernacular software, and B) works that seek to subvert these paradigms. Works that fall within the first category explore the value and joy of the pixel, user interface elements, handcrafted HTML, and ASCII."

The description of this piece describes "Netquake" as, " we might experience it one day; a quake spreading over the worldwide network, millions of simultaneous deformed connections, unexplainable clutter and vibrations on screens" I think this means that  Pranckiewicz thinks we will become so connected to the internet that one day it will fail and we will not know what to do. This "quake" is a visible explanation of what he thinks will happen to our society. 

I think this piece could be better if it were updated from windows '98 icons to todays. Or Pranckiewicz could show the evolution or the dependence of technology and then the result of the break in the internet. Overall it is a thought provoking piece. 

Sources: http://rhizome.org/artbase/collections/6/  
http://archive.rhizome.org/artbase/2406/ico.html