u/RuanStix

Hey everyone,

I wanted to explore the terrifyingly prophetic nature of Nirvana’s lyrics when applied to modern digital culture. Specifically how we've traded our privacy for convenience and offloaded our critical thinking to algorithms.

The concept is a speculative, alt-history artifact: What if Kurt Cobain was looking at our current tech landscape through the lens of early '90s apathy and anti-consumerism?

It explores the "anemic royalty" of having infinite info but no control, ending with a heavily ironic meta-joke about the zine itself pointing to a Spotify playlist.

I've been lucky enough to visit Tokyo and Ha Noi over the last year. I discovered Uniqlo in Japan, and always regretted only buying a few items of clothing when I was in Tokyo. Then, a few weeks ago I was exploring Ha Noi and discovered a Uniqlo store there. I bought two Jean-Michele Basquiat t-shirts and brought the shopping bag home with me to use to make a notebook as a memento of my travels to these two amazing cities.