Harm van den Dorpel

Deli Near Info, 2014 - ongoing

Harm van den Dorpel’s Deli Near Info is a social network elevated to the level of conceptual artwork. Through regular use, the platform arranges text, images and sound in learned, but non-linear associations—think of an artificially intelligent Pinterest on LSD. With hundreds of early adopters, Deli Near Info challenges the structure of corporate social networks by offering an alternative to their linearity. As this linearity presupposes objectivity, it obscures that these highly constructed online environments influence our thought patterns. Van den Dorpel’s platform teaches us that these platforms are charged political spaces that must be critiqued at the heart of their infrastructure.

Artwork: http://delinear.info/
Artist: http://harmvandendorpel.com