Off Matter is the independent art practice of ronnie pence exploring at the intersections of semiotics, queer history, data & the world wide web through zines, diy publications & objects of art.
Born of hedonism———
and of bright slates of
, I believe in the web from before. When homepages were personal and when queer expression reigned; when the internet was engaging and you found chosen community outside the terrestrial confines of your corporeal body;when the algorithm was only of your own being.
Off Matter strives to share the queer digital histories from Minitel to Usenet to the World Wide Web and the connections forged by the trailblazing digital queers and the cyberspace they constructed for us all.