In Touch Grass, we’ll examine internet virality in its respective cultural climate, both online and offline, through the analysis of various trend cycles spanning the last decade. Throughout this five week workshop, we’ll challenge the bias our Internet can introduce and call up memories to construct a timeline of our collective internet experience.

Each week, participants will review two YouTube videos released between 2014 and 2023 and give live reactions through a prompt-based roundtable discussion.

Roundtable discussions will last between 40 and 60 minutes.

A laptop with access to the internet and Figjam.

• Sharpen critical thinking skills through the questioning of algorithmic cultures.
• Build community and a support network of explorative thinkers.
• Plot your last decade of internet history on a shared timeline.

Each session’s agenda:

• Viewing of videos (10 mins)
• Roundtable discussion (40–60 mins)
• Populate timeline of called up memories (20 mins)

• User-Agent: If everything is so smooth, why am I so sad? by Anastasia Kubrak
• Everything I Need I Get From You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It by Kaitlyn Tiffany

Aida Alvarez is an NYC based designer inspired by her love and fear of the internet. She is curious about the cultural, physical, and communal impact of online experiences and spends a lot of time spiraling over digital preservation.

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