Josiane M.H. Pozi's Solo Exhibition Evokes Nostalgia for the Early, Playful Internet
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Simon Wu
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A review of Josiane M.H. Pozi's solo exhibition at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York, which explores the internet's early, more playful era through video installations, wires, and screens. The exhibition evokes nostalgia for a time when data and digital spaces felt less ominous and more human, contrasting with today's surveillance-heavy, algorithm-driven online experience.
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· 3 pulledThe wires run around the room, close to the baseboard. At one point, they curl upward into the shape of a tulip.
It makes me feel sad, homesick for Lo
The artist's solo at American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, recalls a time when data didn't feel so evil
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