pilgrimage through hyperlinks

my myspace

wikipedia: shrines


Myspace is all about validation. You have an image, an idol, of the self, a simple object of worship. The "Interests" column

Myspace is a family's hutch in the dining room, a display case in the living room, with all collectibles and keepsakes, framed pictures of every family member in the house for generations.

Myspace is a shrine. A controlled, personal shrine. A proof of worth and validation. A membership card. The net is an ether, this supernatural virtual reality. We have signed up and staked out our claim in the anomally like a seat in heaven. Our bodies will die, but there's something extraordinary about the internet, something eternal in its lack of physicality. (A shrine, a home for the soul?)Everyone can see it, with the right link, but only members can move on and link to other pages.

perhaps it has something to do with how i was raised, but religions in practice sometimes seem like great misrepresentations of the transcendental.


text links: drawers with objects inside
picture links: frames with objects behind
relics: little boxes with simple marks of life within them (rocks, footprint, fluid)

Contacting:


Interests:
general:
music:
movies:
books:
tv:
heroes:
groups:
details:
schools:
blurbs:
about me:
who i'd like to meet:

TEXT: ""Friend space:
TEXT: "" has # friends:
SHELF: framed pictures link to business card urls
"View all" drawer links to friends pictures with URLs on back

Comments:



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interpretation of religion: any group formed to retain immortality (also describes cultures, subcultures, countries, societies, etc.)

pilgrimage: n.
1. A journey to a sacred place or shrine.
2. A long journey or search, especially one of exalted purpose or moral significance.
Wikipedia: pilgrimage


Myspace is a pilgrimage through hyperlinks. Within the network one can search/browse through millions of profiles, objects of worship, filled with the collectibles and mementos (relics of sorts)people choose to represent themselves with.

Viewers/worhippers return to the site all the time. It has become a safe haven and a virtually uncontrolled subculture.

With that said:

"Some private schools, particularly those with a religious base, have even attempted to ban their pupils from accessing MySpace at home[8]. Anybody who violates this policy in this setting would have an automatic suspension."

--Wikipedia: myspace
Interesting.



shine/jazz: we fall back on the superfluous all the time




Model:
wire hanger
cardboard
cloth
tape
paper
plastic tubes


Actual:

metal stock
rollers ?
bearings ?
canvas
foam core/cardboard
plexiglass
spray paint
sequins, beads, rhinestones, shine
tissue paper
internal light supply
personal objects, mementos
picture frames

dimensions: 4' high, 2.5' across, 9" deep


to resolve:
materials
track or hutch
how to make track/ defy gravity
retain the webspace feel

wikipedia: scroll

scroll n.
1.

1. A roll, as of parchment or papyrus, used especially for writing a document.
2. An ancient book or volume written on such a roll.

2. A list or schedule of names.
3. An ornament or ornamental design that resembles a partially rolled scroll of paper, as the volute in Ionic and Corinthian capitals.
4. Music. The curved head on an instrument of the violin family.
5. Heraldry. A ribbon inscribed with a motto.