So I think there is something authentically new going on on the internet. It regards re-posted pictures. Sites like ffffound and tumblr traffic in photos, and bloggers routinely steal good photos from one another, with and without citation. So what are the photos that tend to pop up again and again, over time, like deep structures of the psyche? They tend to be suggestive, risque, and a little smutty without being overly pornographic, debauched, or gratuitous.
How is this different from the Rickroll, autotune the news, or other internet memes? I think that because we're dealing with pictures, there is a more subtle configuration of organic sensation that is occurring. The pictures are not art. They cultivate some kind of raw sensuality, a curiousness that transcends the ordinary.
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