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postinternet

noun

Etymology

From post- + internet. As specific term to describe artistic activity from mid-2000s, later popularized by Gene McHugh in a blog and book of the same name.

  1. derived from *neHd-✻ — “to knot, turn, twist”
  2. inherited from *natją✻ — “net”
  3. inherited from *nati✻
  4. inherited from net
  5. inherited from net
  6. prefixed as internet — “inter + net”
  7. prefixed as postinternet — “post + internet”

Definitions

  1. Society and modes of interaction following the widespread adoption of the internet,…

    Society and modes of interaction following the widespread adoption of the internet, especially in arts and criticism.

    • The term that’s being used is Post-Internet Art — not “post” in the sense that the internet is over, but that it’s ubiquitous. In the post-internet era, the internet is simply assumed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for postinternet. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA