Why Is the #Amiga so Beloved in the #Demoscene?

The Commodore Amiga and its Undying Adoration by Anarchist Creatives

The Commodore Amiga is a successful line of personal #computers from the mid-1980s to 1990s. At the time of its introduction, the Amiga had superior #graphics and #sound capabilities compared to all other home computers. This magical computer enabled its young users to create graphics, #music and #animations with a level of sophistication that was previously unattainable in the home.

To this day, the Amiga holds a great significance in the demoscene, a niche #subculture of #developers, musicians and #artists who create real-time audiovisual presentations called demos.

This essay investigates the gestation of the demoscene, the Amiga platform's revolutionary beginnings, its emotional resonance within a dedicated community, and its broader influence on the field of computer graphics and music. Why is the Amiga still one of the most beloved and significant platforms in the demoscene?

https://marincomics.com/amiga-demoscene/

#demo #demos #art #arts

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Why is the Amiga still one of the most significant platforms in the demoscene? Let's explore the birth of the demoscene, the Amiga platform's revolutionary beginnings, its emotional resonance within a dedicated community, and its...

ZEF Culture

ᴢ. Die Antwoord - Zef Side (official)
ᴢ. Zef culture (wiki.EN) II Zef culture (wiki.FR)

🇿🇦 DIE ANTWOORD GOOI ZEF LIMINALITY :
OF MONSTERS, CARNIVALS AND AFFECTS by Amanda Du Preez.

#zef #zefside #culture #counterculture #afrikaans #nextlevel #freaks #subculture #photo #gif
#DieAntwoord #WatkinTudorJones #Ninja #YolandiVisser #JackParow #hiphop #rap #rave #music #lifestyle #SouthAfrica

'Growing from a slur about impoverished whites (taken from the stereotype of driving the inexpensive, late model Ford Zephyr), zef style appropriates the images of white poverty as a mock display of apartheid attitudes and politics. This choice of portrayal latently indicates not only marginal whiteness but their transculturation resulting from cohabitation with other marginalized population.' ᴢ. Amanda Du Preez [link above].

Die Antwoord - Zef Side (Official)

Zef Side has been shortlisted for YouTube Play. See the shortlist at youtube.com/play Die Antwoord - A taste of life on the Zef Side! Fre$h! More at www.dieantwoord.com directed by NINJA and Sean Metelerkamp

The Russian “protest” #culture continues its procession down the road of moderateness and carefulness. First we witnessed the ROAR almanac, edited by Linor Goralik, which took in only the works by “correctly”, “humanely”, and moderately rebelling authors according to the principle “just don’t cause any inconveniences”, while also publishing poems by poor souls showing compassion to Russian jingoists. Now this tradition is continued by a band from a seemingly different cultural cluster: Russian import-oriented popular #music. It’s doubtful that the members and the vast majority of #LittleBig fans are reading Neo-modernist works, or even authors like Vera Polozkova, but this band’s new music video exhibits the very same thing: a half-hearted #rebellion.
The anti-war music video “Generation Cancellation” came out on 24th of June. This song, like many other songs of theirs, is performed in English; Little Big here tries to appear as part of the global cultural context and seemingly distance itself from the realities of “provincial” #Russia. But what we have is nothing new: cowardly pseudo-rebelliousness has become a defining characteristic of many Russian cultural figures.

https://www.nihilist.li/2022/07/06/little-big-s-pacifist-music-video-as-a-case-of-half-hearted-rebellion/ #subculture #lenin #yokoono #war #biden #putin #women

Little Big's "pacifist" music video as a case of half-hearted rebellion - Нігіліст

Even the clichés could be shown in a better light if their derivative nature wasn't exacerbated by the attempts to simultaneously appeal both to "us", and to "them".

We have heard a wide range of explanations for last week’s protests in #Cuba. #Rightwing proponents of capitalism blame the Cuban #government, charging that the #protests stem from the failures of one-party #socialism. Self-proclaimed anti-imperialists blame the United States government, alleging that these protests indicate covert #US intervention. Others blame US #sanctions on Cuba, suggesting that these are chiefly to blame for creating the economic conditions that sparked the protests. Each of these narratives contains a grain of #truth, but all fall short of grasping the whole.
How do people in Cuba see the protests? If we do not wish to simply project our own assumptions onto the events, the first thing we should do is to ask Cubans how they understand what is happening. Of course, there are bound to be countless different perspectives among the participants in a popular protest movement—but we can begin by consulting those whose politics are similar to our own.
One of the more visible Cuban anarchist groups is the Alfredo López Libertarian Workshop (Taller Libertario Alfredo López), an anarchist, anti-authoritarian, and anti-capitalist initiative that emerged in 2012. They are part of the Anarchist Federation of the Caribbean and Central America and one of the participants in the ABRA Social Center and Libertarian Library.

https://de.crimethinc.com/2021/07/22/cuban-anarchists-on-the-protests-of-july-11
#anarchism #chile #colombia #covid #economy #subculture #havana #democracy #castro #crisis #socialism

Cuban Anarchists on the Protests of July 11

Exploring the causes and implications of the July 11 protests, we present two interviews with anarchists and a statement from an anarchist initiative.