{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "\"Shitposts\u201d from the 60\u2032s", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/173074579688/", "html": "<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://isleofginge.tumblr.com/post/141290836471\" target=\"_blank\">isleofginge</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://banozac.tumblr.com/post/141180486267\" target=\"_blank\">banozac</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Contemporary internet humor is commonly considered to have a very dada sensibility. However, a closer art comparison would be to fluxus. Meme culture and so-called shitposting resemble fluxus scores and performances, and fluxkits.\u00a0</p>\n<p>I was checking out fluxkits and scores in my school\u2019s artists\u2019 book collection and was struck by one in particular, Water Yam by George Brecht published in 1963. The resemblance of this kit to tumblr posts was striking to me, and I wanted to share some of my favorites:</p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"3048\" data-orig-width=\"1895\"><img src=\"/media/tumblr_inline_o45etukQhe1rrvjdh_540_c5079149686b.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"3048\" data-orig-width=\"1895\"/></figure><p>This one reminds me of the nonsensical How To\u2019s of the internet, the first one that comes to mind is the How To Spoon post.</p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"1838\" data-orig-width=\"2448\"><img src=\"/media/tumblr_inline_o45ezuaqqt1rrvjdh_540_94b70ab683d0.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"1838\" data-orig-width=\"2448\"/></figure><figure data-orig-height=\"200\" data-orig-width=\"178\"><img src=\"/media/tumblr_inline_o45eysAieS1rrvjdh_540_71ea345601e6.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"200\" data-orig-width=\"178\"/></figure><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"2359\" data-orig-width=\"2448\"><img src=\"/media/tumblr_inline_o45f0b2Pzi1rrvjdh_540_ee9da4968323.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"2359\" data-orig-width=\"2448\"/></figure><p>This one may be the most\u00a0\u201cshit-post\u201dy of them all.</p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"1610\" data-orig-width=\"2750\"><img src=\"/media/tumblr_inline_o45f27aU8N1rrvjdh_540_29b516a05884.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"1610\" data-orig-width=\"2750\"/></figure><p>Striking similarity to the gun meme:</p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"130\" data-orig-width=\"452\"><img src=\"/media/tumblr_inline_o45f779BXo1rrvjdh_540_404aea2fb34d.png\" data-orig-height=\"130\" data-orig-width=\"452\"/></figure><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"1869\" data-orig-width=\"3069\"><img src=\"/media/tumblr_inline_o45f834Np71rrvjdh_540_6cc61b4b17b9.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"1869\" data-orig-width=\"3069\"/></figure><p>I love this one so much because it sounds like someone inventing pop punk for the very first time.</p>\n<p><br/></p>\n<p>And my very favorite:</p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"1670\" data-orig-width=\"2800\"><img src=\"/media/tumblr_inline_o45f9mUYVC1rrvjdh_540_9748a57a9be4.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"1670\" data-orig-width=\"2800\"/></figure>\n</blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblelog\" href=\"https://tmblr.co/mKxdwXpiwmZI5YH8Ai9x-eA\" target=\"_blank\">@kuntperfecta</a></p>\n</blockquote>", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/tumblr_inline_o45etukQhe1rrvjdh_540_c5079149686b.jpg", "thumbnail_width": 504, "thumbnail_height": 810}