User:Kiara/Research/WebSpell
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This page states the evolution of the web spell webring I am starting as of 18-09-2025.
Here is the extended outline of the project:
A spell for the web
What is it?
- A publication (one-page website or very small zine, or both?) that is a magic act to embrace and enlighten the power of indie web through the lens of sororities.
- A publication (one-page website or very small zine, or both?) that is a magic act to embrace and enlighten the power of indie web through the lens of sororities.
-> This needs refining
Why make it?
- To highlight the connections and links between the web and magic, that cannot exist without the feminine
Workflow
- ⚹ Start from the writing exercise done in methods last year (output is here)
- ⚹ Expand on that, add a little intro to contextualize the making of this webpage, build it with neocities?
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- ⚹ Use readings from the list
- ⚹ Make a zine or a website or a webzine or all!
Timetable
Small intro writing 1 day TBD Gathering additional material 1 week TBD Design draft 4 hours TBD Gathering visuals (maybe ask Roos?) 2 days TBD Code and publication through neocities 1-2 weeks TBD Proofreading 1 day TBD [Optional] Print 1 hour TBD
Previous Practice
- https://hub.xpub.nl/cerealbox/~kiara/methods/handmade-web/
- Tumblr blogging
- Roos's workshop about neocities website building that I couldn't attend :( -- it took place on 17-09-2025 at .zip
EDIT: there will be other ones!!
https://zipspace.nl/agenda (18-09-2025)
Choices Made
- ⚹ The website is a webring that starts with a lightweight statement made through light webdesign and the more you venture into the ring, the deeper you go into the subject (and get a sense of how magic enacts on the web? this sounds shaky, let's see if it can be done).
- ⚹ Through clicking paths, you can uncover extra rings or be brought back
- ⚹ The website is a webring that starts with a lightweight statement made through light webdesign and the more you venture into the ring, the deeper you go into the subject (and get a sense of how magic enacts on the web? this sounds shaky, let's see if it can be done).
Rapid Prototypes
- ⚹ Stand alone HTML/CSS pages
- ⚹ Gallery of spells and references
- ⚹ Webrings?
- ⚹ Zine mockups
- ⚹ Create my own gifs?
Additional information
Concepts: multi-layered dreamland, hidden clues, (text) adventure games, loops, traveling and wandering
References:
- Olia Lialina | My Boyfriend Came Back From the War (1996)
- Zoe Beloff | Beyond
- Outer Wilds (if you don't know about it, don't look it up, just play it, any information could destroy the gaming experience)
