Against the Scroll: Yehwan Song and the Internet We Forgot

Written by Charlie Kane for HypeartThe early internet is back--or at least, how it looks. Pixelated fonts, chaotic cursors and glitchy graphics have become popular once again amid a wave of Y2K nostalgia. The lo-fi charm of late-'90s and early-2000s digital culture has become a visual language of its own: clunky on purpose, retro without the dial-up. But much of the revival stops at the surface. The nostalgia is easy. The critique is missing.Yehwan Song's work doesn't stop there.While others bor...