Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters Etc. Co-funded by the Creative Europe

Co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union

for that young artists like su are a rare breed in the modern society we live in today

In collaboration with Kristen Coogan

but are rarely mentioned in histories of the subject

Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters Etc. Co-funded by the Creative EuropeSince the nineties, platforms have invited users to create in return for connection. From blogs to vlogs, tweets to memes: for the first time in history, making art became the fundamental form of communication. What started as fun soon became currency, something vital to finding friends, work, and love. Then, as meatspace job security eroded, online creativity became work itself. Now an internet presence is no longer optional, platforms increasingly