You Never Knew It Could Be Like This

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_mensvoorti_want_my_organic_coke_by_koert_van_mensvoort

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M. Rebekah Otto lives in Berkeley, CA. Her interests include nineteenth century medicine, education policy, and farmstead cheese. She is an Editor of Atlas Obscura, and a regular contributor to the Believer. More from this author →

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