If you’d asked me 10 years ago, I would have said humanity is going to do a good job with this. If we connect all these people together, they are such wonderful people they will get along.
I was wrong.
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MEMEREMEBERME
A multi-media meditation on the devolution of the Internet, the weaponization of the meme, and the ascendancy of dragnet surveillance capitalism at the dawn of the fourth decade of the World Wide Web—with a dash of art historical visual punning thrown in to keep it light.
Poor souls and internet trolls who may lack a sense of humor or awareness of metaphor should be advised this work is sloppy drunk on irony. The use of offensive imagery and text does not imply endorsement of racist, homophobic, or sexist organizations, disorgnizations, or heads of state.
Please, don't shoot the messenger.
Like the Internet it critiques, this site contains imagery + sound that can be, from time to time, fucking unsettling.
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How To Play:
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a work by
williamCromar
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PREMIERED AT
PHILADELPHIA
DIGITAL FRINGE
2019
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audioCredits available in desktop and mobile platforms, linked to source:
audioCredits available in desktop platforms only, linked to source:
BIRD SONG FIELD RECORDING LOOPS
AL GORE INVENTS THE INTERNET LOOP by williamCromar
SEND HER BACK CHANT AT TRUMP RALLY LOOP by williamCromar
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imageCredits linked to source:
"memerememberme" LOOP by willliamCromar
ROTATING M AND E CURSOR by willliamCromar, from a font designed by williamCromar
BLINKING EYE STILL AND LOOP MODIFIED
CHATTERING TEETH STILL AND LOOP MODIFIED
ROTATING BEACH BALL LOOP MODIFIED
PHIL SWIFT GUITAR LOOP by williamCromar, modified from original at PHIL SWIFT GUITAR
BACTERIA GRABBING DNA LOOP MODIFIED
DNA REPLICATION 1 LOOP MODIFIED
DNA REPLICATION 2 LOOP MODIFIED
DNA REPLICATION 2 LOOP MODIFIED
MACHINE BFM FITTING LOOP MODIFIED
MECHANISM OF LABOR WITH FETAL SKULL MODIFIED TO LOOP by williamCromar
"REPENT REPEAT" LOOP by williamCromar
DRUMMING FINGER ROBOT LOOP MODIFIED
TWIDDLING THUMBS LOOP MODIFIED
"MIR ROR" CURSOR LOOP by williamCromar
INFORMATION ICON AS LETTER I MODIFIED
DIRT RING AS LETTER O MODIFIED
GOD KILLING HIMSELF LOOP MODIFIED
PLAGUE DOCTOR DOLL LOOP MODIFIED
NIXIE TUBE NUMBER LOOP MODIFIED
PLEASANTVILLE FIRE LOOP MODIFIED
TIRE SWING FIRE LOOP by williamCromar, created a new version of this gif from JOHANNES VOGEL, SWING, 2010, with improved framerate, loop, and resolution derived from his original video.
KERZE (AFTER RICHTER) LOOP MODIFIED inspired by GERHARD RICHTER, KERZE, 1983
FLAMING HIGH HEELS LOOP MODIFIED
WHITE HOUSE SMOLDERING LOOP by williamCromar, with images from:
FLAG LOOP,
WHITE HOUSE MODIFIED,
SMOKE LOOP
BURNING MAN WALKING LOOP MODIFIED
FLAT EARTH CYCLE LOOP MODIFIED
"WERE WARM" TEXT versions 1-4 by williamCromar
"gild" AND "geld" TEXT by williamCromar
"ON NO" TEXT LOOP by williamCromar
SMALL OUIJA BOARD LOOP MODIFIED
DANCING PEPE THE FROG LOOP MODIFIED
FLYING MONEY STACK LOOP MODIFIED
FAKEBOOK LOGO by williamCromar, derived from official Facebook logo
GUY FAWKES MASK 2 LOOP MODIFIED
"love of love root of root idiology ideology live evil" FALLING TEXT by williamCromar
TWITTER FEED @RealDonaldTrump MODIFIED
BLUE EMERGENCY LIGHT LOOP MODIFIED
ÉTANT DONNÉS: 1° LA CHUTE D'EAU / 2° LE GAZ D'ÉCLAIRAGE BY MARCEL DUCHAMP LOOP by williamCromar, with text and images modeled from:
PEEPHOLE IMAGE MODIFIED,
FLAME LOOP MODIFIED,
WATERFALL LOOP MODIFIED
COEXIST WITH HATE by williamCromar, with text and images modeled from:
C from COUNCIL OF CONSERVATIVE CITIZENS LOGO,
O from BLOOD DROP CROSS KU KLUX KLAN INSIGNIA,
E from NOT EQUAL, a mathematical symbol adopted by hate groups to imply the superiority of the white race,
X from BATTLE FLAG OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINA, commonly known as the Confederate Flag, in the square format,
I from STEMMA DEL PARTITO NAZIONALE FASCISTA, the emblem of the Italian National Fascist Party,
S from NAZI SCHUTZSTAFFEL (SS) SIG RUNES,
T from NAZI SWASTIKA
BURNING THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS LOOP MODIFIED
RENÉ MAGRITTE, LA TRAHISON DES IMAGES, 1929
LA TRAHISON DES ÉLÉMENTS D'IMAGE (CECI N'EST PAS UNE IMAGE) by williamCromar after
RENÉ MAGRITTE, LA TRAHISON DES IMAGES, 1929
LA TRAHISON DE L'INNOVATION (CECI UN MEME) by williamCromar after
RENÉ MAGRITTE, LA TRAHISON DES IMAGES, 1929
LA TRAHISON DE LA SIGNIFICATION (CECI N'EST PAS UN MEME) by williamCromar after
RENÉ MAGRITTE, LA TRAHISON DES IMAGES, 1929
VITRUVIAN MAN IN NEON by williamCromar after
LEONARDO DA VINCI, VITRUVIAN MAN, CA 1487, and with apologies to Bruce Nauman who is purported to have said,"I don't like to think about being an influence. It's embarrassing."
LASER POINTER LOOP by williamCromar
PIXEL GRID, fragment of REDUX, OR, MY TONGUE IN SOMEONE ELSE'S CHEEK by williamCromar, see reference below
MARCEL DUCHAMP, L.H.O.O.Q., 1919
MARCEL DUCHAMP, L.H.O.O.Q., version 3, 1930 replica of 1919 original
MARCEL DUCHAMP, L.H.O.O.Q., version 4, 1940 replica of 1919 original
MARCEL DUCHAMP, L.H.O.O.Q., version 5, 1964 replica of 1919 original
MARCEL DUCHAMP, L.H.O.O.Q., version 6, "L.H.O.O.Q. SHAVED", 1965
REDUX, OR, MY TONGUE IN SOMEONE ELSE'S CHEEK, versions 1-4 by williamCromar inspired by
LEONARDO DA VINCI, MONA LISA (LA GIOCONDA), 1503-6
LEONARDO DA VINCI, MONA LISA (LA GIOCONDA), 1503-6
UNKNOWN AFTER LEONARDO DA VINCI, ISLEWORTH MONA LISA, PRIOR TO 1914
PUPIL OF LEONARDO DA VINCI, MONA LISA (LA GIOCONDA),
1503-19
CATHARINE WHEEL LOOP INSPIRATION
GAS STOVE BURNER LOOP MODIFIED
MARCEL DUCHAMP, THE BRIDE STRIPPED BARE BY HER BACHELORS, EVEN (THE LARGE GLASS), 1915-23
KENDELL GEERS, STRIPPED BARE, 2009
CRACKED IPHONE by williamCromar, combining:
IPHONE FRONT VIEW with
CRACKED GLASS
"Q" TEXT by williamCromar, using Averia Font
"Ceci n'est pas un objet nonobjectif" TEXT IMAGE LOOP by williamCromar, inspired by
RENÉ MAGRITTE, LA TRAHISON DES IMAGES, 1929
PIET MONDRIAN, COMPOSITION WITH RED, BLUE, AND YELLOW, 1930
CONTINUOUS PROFILE (HEAD OF DRUMPF) MODEL by williamCromar, inspired by RENATO BERTELLI, PROFILO CONTINUO (TESTA DI MUSSOLINI), 1933
SKITTLES CANDY LOOP INSPIRATION
AMBASSADOR SKULL (MEMENTO MORI) MODEL by williamCromar, inspired by
HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER, THE AMBASSADORS, 1533 and
DAMIEN HIRST, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, 2007
SPINNING CELESTIAL GLOBE LOOP INSPIRATION
Instructional text accompanying Man Ray's Object to Be Destroyed:
Cut out the eye from the photograph of one who has been loved but is seen no more. Attach the eye to the pendulum of a metronome and regulate the weight to suit the tempo desired. Keep going to the limit of endurance. With a hammer well-aimed, try to destroy the whole at a single blow."
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codingCredits linked to source:
THREE.JS MODELING, SCRIPTING, AND SUPPORTING CODE
DIV BACKGROUND IMAGE RANDOMIZING SCRIPT
FADEOUT-FADEIN SCRIPT modified from STACKOVERFLOW
Gerard Ferrandez MONSIEUR SCRIPT
Gerard Ferrandez YOUR PROMISE SCRIPT
Gerard Ferrandez LOW ENOUGH SCRIPT
Gerard Ferrandez TWINKLE TWINKLE SCRIPT
IMAGE SWAPPING SCRIPT AND CODE
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Portions of this work are excerpted from journalistic and social media sources. Standing as excerpts in the context of a transformative art work, the author claims fair use under
United States copyright law.
Credited material herein remains the intellectual property of the original author and licensing from original source prevails over licensing
applied to this art work.
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MEMEREMEMBERME
2019
williamCromar
Unless noted, this work is distributed under a
Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial- ShareAlike 4.0 International License
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The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it is hard to verify their authenticity.
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—Abe Linkoln