USURPATOR Pod

May 22 2024 17 ep. 75 mins 1

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USURPATOR is an online magazine sharing critical analysis about the user experience of our current virtual landscape.

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Meaning Making with Maya Man

May 22 2024 76 mins

Maya Man is an artist creating work about Internet culture and identity. She joins me to talk about her recent projects, Fake It Till You Make It, Ugly Bitches, Little Darlings, and (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes. Read the highlights of our conversation on the site. Find out more about Maya’s work on her website, or follow her on Instagram.

LIFEWORLD with Joey Lim & Jawn Diego Reyes

Mar 25 2024 82 mins

Joey & Jawn from Lifeworld join USURPATOR to talk about their platform River.ph.We talk about our digital patterns, pushing the boundaries of a social platform, and Frank Ocean’s Tumblr.Read a shortened version of our conversation on the site, try River, or follow Jawn or Joey on Twitter.

Being Online with Molly Soda

Mar 13 2024 79 mins

Molly Soda is an internet-based performance artist whose work explores mass media culture, virtual communication patterns, and the concept of “posting self.” During our conversation, we talk about virtual visibility, why people think of their past selves as “cringe,” and the art of publicizing private spaces.Visit Molly’s website or her Substack, or follow her on Ins

GHOSTED with Emma Sato

Feb 17 2024 102 mins

Emma Sato from Roger That joins us for a conversation about modern dating culture in the virtual era, communication habits, and neurotic social media behavior. Follow Emma on Instagram, her project Roger That, or subscribe to their newsletter.

I've Been to the Year 2000 w/ Nicole Tremaglio

Dec 20 2023 83 mins

Nicole Tremaglio is a writer, podcastress, and pop culture theorist who joins the mag for a conversation about nostalgia, aesthetic revivals, the leopard print midi skirt, and how the internet hyperaccelerates trend cycles. You can find Nicole on Instagram and Twitter, read her newsletter, or listen to her podcast, Nicstalgia. Read a shortened version of our conversation on the sit

K-Pop with Alexi Alario

Nov 16 2023 73 mins

Alexi Alario is a podcastress, fashion theorist, and K-Pop stan based in NYC. She joins the mag for a conversation on idol world-building, Stan Twitter, and how K-Pop became mainstream in the West. Follow Alexi on Instagram, listen to Nymphet Alumni, or subscribe to their Patreon. Read the condensed version of our conversation on Usurpator Mag.

File Life with Elliott Cost

Nov 01 2023 62 mins

Elliott Cost is a web artist, designer, traveler, and file-keeper currently based in Rotterdam. Elliott joined USURPATOR to talk about their new project, File Life, and past project HTML.energy. During our conversation we talk about the emotional weight of our files, traveling light both IRL and digitally, the energy of code, and grounding our virtual work offline. Check out Elliot

Silk with Zane Kind

Sep 27 2023 68 mins

Zane Kind is a designer, artist, writer, technologist, and co-founder of Silknode, a subcultural creative internet company building a platform for creative research, archive, moodboards, and online marketplace. During our conversation, we talk about archive internet, niche culture, creator versus curator economy, gatekeeping, citing your sources, and why everyone is nostalgic for 2

Genesis with Sean X Thielen-Esparza

Aug 31 2023 80 mins

We’re joined in conversation with Sean X Thielen-Esparza, a New York-based designer, artist, and co-founder of Genesis. During our conversation, we discuss the concept of animating, betting on the future, and the illusion of disunity. Read a transcript of our conversation on Usurpator Mag, or check out Genesis, Menagerie, or follow Sean on Instagram or Twitter.

A Website Can Be A Poem w/ Chia Amisola

Jul 16 2023 74 mins

In today's ep we are joined by Chia Amisola, an internet/ambient artist from the Philippines. Chia is also a a designer, organizer, and founder of Developh and Philippine Internet Archive. During our conversation, we talk about the form of a website, the art of digital preservation, and how we can break down the common structures of the internet to create better spaces for ourselve