01   The Sea for Internet - Excerpt, 2012


THE SEA FOR INTERNET
WEBSITE
BUILT FOR MAC OS X 10.6 OR LOWER
2012


With the view of the Internet as an ecosystem, The Sea for Internet presents the sea within it. Upon accessing theseaforinternet.com, users encounter a full-screen pop-up window tailored to fit the size of their screen resolution. The website consists entirely of multiple scrollbars that fill the page from top to bottom. By coding each scrollbar to automatically move horizontally, the webpage gives the impression of a waving sea. The work also responds to terminology derived from the Internet, such as ‘Sea of Information' or ‘Web Surfing'.

However, The Sea for Internet soon faced challenges with the release of a newer operating system for Mac. In Mac OS X 10.7, a significant change was made to the shape of the scroll bar, resulting in distortion of the website's composition. Through this work, I began to think specifically about issues related to the archiving of digital media works, as well as the longevity of artworks in general. This can be summarized as follows: 'Artists must be able to assign a “timeline” to their works — a lifespan that aligns with the concept of the work, whether it is intended to have a long lifespan, a short one, or to be timeless.'

The website theseaforinternet.com went offline in 2023 after being maintained for 11 years.




02   The Sea for Internet, 2012





03   The Sea for Internet - Screen Recording Excerpt, 2012