To whom do these palpitations belong?
Disarming at the Precipice by Joanne Lam Giuseppe Penone carving the young tree from the old tree. This piece originally ran in the Are.na Annual vol. 6,...
In honor of Juneteenth (2025)
An Interview with Darrel Kennedy and Alice Otieno of Blacks of Are.na On the occasion of their Juneteenth merch drop, now available in the Gift Shop. Written...
The cloud is very much a material thing
Memory Banks by Megumi Tanaka IBM 3850, the first ever robotic tape library (1974). This piece originally ran in the Are.na Annual vol. 6, themed “document.”...
Our bodies became the document
Each of Us Is the Proof by Yeaye Jaclyn Martinez, Film Stills, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt This piece originally ran in the Are.na Annual vol. 6, themed...
Deadline for Annual submissions is tomorrow
Open call for Pitches for the Are.na Annual Vol. 7 hatakazuma10.jpg Each year, we put together a book of essays, interviews, and other writings by the people...
The Internet Phone Book
Paging the Poetic Web by Meg Miller, Elliott Cost, and Kristoffer Tjalve Internet Phone Book, indexed by Kristoffer Tjalve and Elliott Cost. Internet Phone...
Quality: Duration. Affordance: Escapism.
What is a Website Good For? by Omayeli Arenyeka Grief Found Me, Crawlspace. I plop down on my couch in the early evening and turn on my TV. I scroll through...
Robida Collective on spatial poetry
Meandering Through the Sites of Naive Yearly by Vida Rucli & Robida Collective All Naive Yearly photos are by Ana Šantl and Tatjana Kotnik. This is the last...
Everything is cool forever.
Electric Myths by Daniel Murray Crow Island, melonking.net (2017). This piece is part of our series with Naive Yearly, a conference on the odd, quiet, and...
An essay in footnotes
On Contamination by Kim Kleinert A long-fingered manicule on a manuscript from 1481. This piece is part of our series with Naive Yearly, a conference on the...
What silence feels like when the screen melts to air
Quiet Time Reuben Son Felix Hess, The Aerodynamics of Boomerangs This piece is part of our series with Naive Yearly, a conference on the odd, quiet, and...
What Can an Image Do?
What Can an Image Do? by Agnes Cameron Pietro Vesconte's World map created circa 1311. This piece is part of our series with Naive Yearly, a conference on...
A story of dead and forgotten websites
The Confiscation of Digital Memory by Kaloyan Kolev The demolition of the IPK Rodina building in Sofia, Bulgaria, April 2020. This piece is part of our...
The intricate feelings that lie beneath
Wading Through Dreams by Charmaine Li Pamphlet for participatory prompts and reflections designed by Daryn Roongrawewan This piece is part of our series with...
A Jungian reading of Minecraft
The End is Not the End by Tiger Dingsun The Ender Dragon. This piece is part of our series with Naive Yearly, a conference on the odd, quiet, and poetic web....
Maya Man on her new artist space HEART
An Interview with Maya Man by Meg Miller Maya’s studio at HEART, furniture design by PROPS SUPPLY. News of Maya Man’s new space HEART reached me piecemeal,...
Chia Amisola on documenting the divine
Himala by Chia Amisola Our Lady of Zeitoun. Manipulated image of apparition in Zeitoun, Egypt, April 1968. This is a piece from the Are.na Annual 2025, which...
Surfactant Program
Surfactant Program by Rosemary Wexler 5000 year old “spider stone” from Denmark. This is an excerpted transcript from the third episode of Are.na Radio, an...
In the Earth Beneath
In the Earth Beneath by Amelia K. Courtesy the author. This is a piece from the Are.na Annual 2025, which is now available. BLOOD: lay your non-dominant hand...
Desire Paths
Desire Paths by Raegan Bird and Mariah Barden Jones Desire paths across the Drill Field at Virginia Tech. This is a piece from the Are.na Annual 2025, which...