A browser extension that brings Jenny Holzer truisms and more to your internet browsing experience.
Truthyisms is a virtual interpretation of Jenny Holzer's Truisms. Truisms were brief, thought-provoking statements printed on posters and distributed around New York City. Statements such as: "AMBIVALENCE CAN RUIN YOUR LIFE", "LACK OF CHARISMA CAN BE FATAL", "TECHNOLOGY WILL MAKE OR BREAK US". This extension is an exploration of the questions: how would that look in the virtual city that is the internet? how can I interrupt you when you're wandering the sidewalks of the world wide web?
For now, it randomly adds Truism and Truism-inspired statements to the websites you visit in the form of engraved marble plaques.
- No data is collected or saved.
- Code is open-source and available on GitHub: https://github.com/sajoy/truthyisms
- The internet is a public place, but the experience is very different from being out in a public place.
- What are the walls we can plaster with posters?
- Add an element to a page (randomly selected position, time, etc) that is Holzer-esque in its appearance and statement (or actually use her work).
- Appearance: like scrolling LED's or serious engraved plaques or fading and peeling posters or large bright projections.
- Decision to make: utilize all styles or stick with one. (Probably start with one.)
- Marble bench
- as header
- projected letters - on images
- LED's down the side?
- Statement: short statements about various potentially controversial topics - possibly use hers plus add some that reflect and address more internet related topics
- Make it easy to dismiss the work - either through the menu, or on the page.
- Marble bench breaks some websites:
- gmail, google landing page