web - based response

critical atlas of internet

o.｡.:*☆

hannah lee

zoom

synchorisation

synchronization

synchorisation
synchronization


common space

common time

internet = first + only common space that is shared worldwide

“is internet an immense space covering the globe? ...is internet a single point at the center of the globe?”

hypothesis #2

geometry between terrestrial & internet space

internet

distance is reflected by
potential

HOWEVER

search engines map potential via page results

results, and thus distance, is always changing ≠ terrestrial environment

internet & location

there is a disconnect within the way internet is presented based on national laws

china

france




google



pirate bay

but internet in general is still universally shared + understood

activity distribution of the internet

early years

distributed amongst users

decentralized occupation

user-created personal homepages filled the space

present

concentrated by few big corporations

google, apple, facebook, etc

“these heavyweight players have dug into the web surface, dragging activities down their slopes, activities that could have remained independent and decentralized.”

location of communication within internet

data

travels via fibre optic cables connected to internet boxes

city data center > regional internet exchange point

internet exists in physicality



buried underground


data centers under strict surveillance

internet space exists via terrestrial space

geolocation data

GPS/surveillance tracking

internet architecture

through data, the internet can become a personalized experience dependent on one’s activity

each click, each data point collected sculpts the internet’s architecture

“there are as many internet architectures as there are users.”