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M. Rebekah Otto bio ↓ · February 19th, 2009 · filed under art

Koert van Mensvoort is transforming the Internet and the culture around it. A Dutch artist and professor, Mensvoort challenges how we experience the world around us, especially, but not only, the digital world. His Web site asks: “Why not start a new renaissance right now?” But when he says it, the question is rhetorical because he already has. His interfaces engage us with the digital world – physically, or, as he calls it “tactile Web.” He also paints, in ways that combine the digital and the “natural” world. papilio_nike_ulysses_koert_van_mensvoort i_want_my_organic_coke_by_koert_van_mensvoort

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M. Rebekah Otto lives in Berkeley, CA. She grew up in Chicago. Her current interests include her new nine-to-five, vintage wallpaper, and Evan S. Connell. Also, she's the Books Editor of the Rumpus. More from this author →

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