HACKING / MODDING / REMIXING As Feminist Protest
Artwork pictured:
Olia Lialina
My Boyfriend Came Back From The War, 1996
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“My Boyfriend Came Back From The War by Olia Lialina is an early example of net art from the 1990s. It tells the story of a couple that attempts to talk about the war after the man returns from it—a story of love and alienation. Kept strictly black and white, the work unfolds its visual and linguistic poetry through the use of split-screen frames, which link to a cinematic structure while incorporating a web browser’s possibilities. Since it was made, MBCBFTW has served as a source of inspiration for other artists, who continue to interpret it anew, both visually and structurally, and pursue its still-moving narrative in a variety of media.” — Sabine Himmelsbach