by Paddy Johnson on October 5, 2010
In an AFC exclusive interview, Ryan Trecartin debuts riverthe.net for the first time to the public. Known for his movies full of tripped out characters drawing much of their language from the Internet, artist Ryan Trecartin is an unlikely developer. He doesn’t know how to program. He spends all his time making movies. This hasn’t changed, though he is the driving creative force behind a new chat-routlette-esque platform conceived last spring in collaboration with tumblr Founder David Karp at Rhizome’s Seven on Seven conference. Dubbed riverthe.net (formerly Project Ten and currently at the temporary url riverofthe.net), the online tool strings together 10 second videos uploaded by users through tag alone. Only three tags can be given to any video.
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