CSNI researcher Kendal Beynon discusses internet culture on Unthinking Photography with Valentina Tanni, researcher and author of the books Exit Reality and Memesthetics. They discuss the folklore of the Backrooms, amateur content production and the use of images in online communities.
“They have grown up in a system that tends to exploit everything and everyone without mercy. So it’s only natural that they want to protect themselves. They don’t want to be exploited by corporations.” – Valentina Tanni
image: Diagram of how aesthetics come from small online communities. Courtesy Kendal Beynon.