WEB | TERRITORY Since I have a tendency of falling outside the main categories of statistics, censes and classifications, I developed a sympathy for the less common meanings of words and things. The remote provinces of gist, so to speak. So you'll understand that my preferred way of reading 'territory' is the seventh meaning the dictionary gives: "A sphere of action or interest". The sites collected here share that idea of territory. Action prone zones of public interference like Adbusters or IDIE.net deliniate their stakes in terms of critique on the rest of the world, while others, like Young-hae Chang or Michel van der Drift translate what's out there - the absurd chaos of surreal messages and incitements we call the 'information society' - into exhilarating commentaries that have at least one advantage over real life: they're consistent. All these people have created their own habitats, not to be sheltered from the storm that rages outside, but to hold their own in the turmoil. Their windows are wide open. Edited by Max Bruinsma | AMS/NL | GMT 2300. |
Vancouver based culture jammers Adbusters pledge to "help you turn your computer into the most versatile activist tool ever reckoned with." |