Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters Etc. in the era of the

in the era of the climate crisis

It presents manifestos from 1851 until now

Co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union

but are rarely mentioned in histories of the subject

Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters Etc. in the era of theSince the nineties, platforms have invited users to create in return for connection. From blogs to vlogs, tweets to memes: for the first time in history, making art became the fundamental form of communication. What started as fun soon became currency, something vital to finding friends, work, and love. Then, as meatspace job security eroded, online creativity became work itself. Now an internet presence is no longer optional, platforms increasingly