passively, possibly
Web Design
Web Design
Web Design
Web Design
Web Design
Web Design
Web Design
Web Design
Web Design
Interaction Design/Product Design, Motion Design/Time-Based Communication
Designer(s)
Jan Ly
Duration
0 Weeks
Recognitions
Queer Objects
passively, possibly is a downloadable .zip file that publishes a series of user-submitted queer objects. Set in the private space of a user's desktop, a randomized collage of ephemera generate an intimate space for queer memory and reflection. Download the project at www.passivelypossibly.site
don't see me as i am, but see me how i long to be
Queerness finds its form through ephemera — it is the sticky residue of the stories we tell each other, and the moments we commit to memory. So, what is it that we keep, display, or hide; what are the objects or things that lie around in our memories and spaces that remind us of our queerness? Setting out a public survey with that question, the objects collected were translated into digital space through imperfect 3D scanning.
Computer Intimacies
Engaging with web vernacular and desktop interfaces as a medium, the project uses pop-ups and a disassembled space to reorient and call attention to our relationship with digital media. Using file names and folder nesting, the source files that make up the .html collage space reveal themselves as a nested queer narrative — drawing together quotes from the beloved queer utopian text “The Faggots and their Friends Between Revolutions” by Larry Mitchell.
