Faith Holland questions the early web-enthusiasts’ utopian vision of the internet as the ultimate democratic space, free of identity politics.
Today, I was deep in a Google Image Search hole looking for GIFs to illustrate our guides to the Republican and Democratic primaries. I discovered two things. One, when you search for “clown car” one of the first results is the 2016 Republican Primaries. The second was this all-star collection of “democracy” GIFs from some of our favorite artists at 15 Folds. Konbini has a write-up for each of them.
Claudia Maté’s“Noise of the Lambs” adds blue stars and red stripes to a white sheep. This is the most apt metaphor for American politics out of the bunch.
“Walking Still, Still Walking“ by Eva Papamargariti. Is Democracy a long and arduous march? A race? A stampeding hoard? Probably all of the above.
“Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow” by Tristan Stevens sees democracy in Facebook’s “Like” button.
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