08/05/2026
Sharing Lauren's recent post; food for thot!: "Interesting how quickly we adapt and crave more. Much more. 10 years ago, the 106' Salesforce digital waterfall was an astounding digital art achievement, gathering millions of fans within minutes of its posting online. Then we adored 3d characters popping out of LED displays in wild optical illusions, added different screen shapes and structures, totally devoured people in massive reworkings of classic art, and visualized machines dreaming on-screen. Artists scrambled to create the next 'wow-factor' digital art piece to project or play on digital screens. Now we seem stuck in what art critics are labelling screensaver digital art. How quickly we've become unimpressed, craving more. Even astoundingly complex AI visualizations created by Refik have been demeaned as "digital wallpaper." What is digital wallpaper exactly? And what isn't? In a recent conversation with a client, they said, "We're not sure what we're looking for, but we know we don't want a digital wallpaper..." Interesting. So do you wonder where we go from here? Interactiver? Reactiver? Generative (maybe generative is just endless digital wallpaper?). What's the next astounding digital art achievement...?"