253: Talk Paper Scissors meets... Talk Paper Scissors?!
- Diana Varma
- May 15
- 2 min read
Updated: 4 days ago
Talk Paper Scissors meets...Talk Paper Scissors?!
Today’s guest is internet artist, Nolen Royalty. He's interested in getting strangers to interact over the internet in unusual ways and in pushing mundane technology to its limits. Projects of his include stranger video (a website that shows you live, silent video of a stranger's face until one of you blinks), One Million Checkboxes (a website with a million global checkboxes), and games that run inside Google Calendar, MacOS Finder, and your unclosed browser tabs. He lives in Brooklyn.
In this conversation you’ll hear how Nolen brings strangers together for spontaneous joy on the Internet, including the behind the scenes of projects including:
You’ll better understand why Nolen prefers creating experiences that foster collaboration rather than competition, how building constraint facilitates participation, as well as the role multi-level storytelling plays in his work.
You’ll also hear an epic rock paper scissors showdown of monumental proportions to decide the ultimate Talk Paper Scissors champion.
Cue dramatic music…
Let’s listen in…
About Our Guest:
Nolen Royalty is an internet artist. He's interested in getting strangers to interact over the internet in unusual ways and in pushing mundane technology to its limits. Projects of his include stranger video (a website that shows you live, silent video of a stranger's face until one of you blinks), One Million Checkboxes (a website with a million global checkboxes), and games that run inside Google Calendar, MacOS Finder, and your unclosed browser tabs. He lives in Brooklyn.
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Music:
A Kwela Fella - John Bartmann licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License
Dramatic Orchestra #9 by N0IZ -- https://freesound.org/s/642305/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
Talk Paper Scissors Theme Music: Retro Quirky Upbeat Funk by Lewis Sound Production via Audio Jungle
