User:Kiara/Research/WebSpell

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

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

To highlight the connections and links between the web and magic, that cannot exist without the feminine

⚹ 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?

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

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!!

⚹ 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

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)

the Nomaï writings from Outer Wilds as an inspiration for the hyperlinks path(s) within the webring