DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS ARE AS REAL AS PHYSICAL ONES

On the Static Site Project: As artists/designers, we are often at the forefront of change, and with the relentless advancement and adoption of technology, we should take some time to ask questions.

We are encouraged to heavily use social media, put out high-quality images onto the web, and generally, just create an internet presence. This is really, really useful, especially if you're establishing a career (like me). However, it does come with real concerns about the impact of the digital world.

Reducing load/footprint is a key part of this webpages philosophy. I have worked to reduce the size of files wherever possible and have worked to avoid dynamic web-coding by using redirects, dithering, and static HTML/CSS coding.

Building a lightweight, static website, like this one, reduces our impact. Dithering images, using compressed images, and only sending them out when we really need to, reduces our impact. Reducing reliance on large corporations for our web-needs reduces our impact. Switching from an "always-online" mentality,to a "downtime-is-good" mentality, reduces our impact.

I have turned this website into a template that is free to download, in order to allow artists without a coding background (like me) the opportunity to take greater control of their online footprint. It is accessible here.