NIKLAS WALLENBORG

( Interdisciplinary artist, with an interest in socialism, sci-fi, digital culture, space and the apocalypse )


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Internet_Art

Internet_Art is a collection of works that are all in one way or another a conceptual exploration of the internet as a medium, harnessing its intrinsic attributes. Through the use of web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, specifically made to experience via the www.


What were the skies like when you were young?

(Webpage, 2024)

The code generates and animates semi-transparent circles that move randomly within the screen boundaries. Each circle starts from the center or the previous circle’s position. The animation continues until a circle moves outside the screen.


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Visit: What were the skies like when you were young?


A Line is Never Alone

(Webpage, 2024)

Web page that randomly generating 500 lines. The page reloads every 60 seconds.


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Visit: A Line is Never Alone


Digital Eclipse - A Year on the Web (2024-03-28)

(Webpage, 2024)

The website features a dynamic background color that transitions from white to black over the course of 365 days from its creation date. It dynamically updates the background color of the webpage based on the number of days remaining. Each day, the background color becomes slightly darker, gradually transitioning to black over the course of the year. After 365 days have passed, the countdown resets, and the background color transition begins again, ensuring that the website continuously cycles through the white-to-black transition every 366 days. The idea is to have a year-long experience within an online digital space.


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Visit: Digital Eclips


Snow Crash

(Webpage, 2024)

When the computer crashed and wrote gibberish into the bitmap, the result was something that looked vaguely like static on a broken television set— a snow crash
This JavaScript code dynamically creates a grid of colored boxes within an HTML container. It initializes by generating the boxes once and then updates them continuously. Each box is styled with a random background color selected from a predefined array of colors. The size of the grid adjusts based on the dimensions of the browser window.


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Visit: Snow Crash


www.i-still-loooove-you.com

(Webpage, 2021)

www.i-still-loooove-you.com is an ”empty” / blank hompage that gets a new random background colour every time it's reloaded. The colors are from the 216 Web safe colors, which emerged during the early era of the internet; a standardized palette of colors that displayed consistently across all major browsers.


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Visit: www.i-still-loooove-you.com



The thing's hollow -- it goes on forever -- and -- oh my God! -- it's full of pixels!

(Webpage, 2023)

This work is a interactive webpage. That showcases an endless stream of tiny, colorful squares (pixels) scattered across the screen in a dynamic and unpredictable manner. The artwork utilizes a combination of randomness and meticulous design, generating an ever-changing display of ten-pixel-sized boxes. Each box appears at a different position on the screen, forming an awe-inspiring tapestry of colors that seemingly stretches into eternity.


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Visit: The thing's hollow -- it goes on forever -- and -- oh my God! -- it's full of pixels!


All My Sliders Will Make You Happy

(Webpage, 2024)

This code dynamically generates 1000 sliders using JavaScript. Each slider has a random initial value and may optionally be flipped vertically. The sliders' values are updated automatically at regular intervals. The appearance of the sliders are based on the default styling provided by the browser


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Visit: All My Sliders Will Make You Happy


Snow Crash

(Webpage, 2024)

When the computer crashed and wrote gibberish into the bitmap, the result was something that looked vaguely like static on a broken television set— a snow crash
This JavaScript code dynamically creates a grid of colored boxes within an HTML container. It initializes by generating the boxes once and then updates them continuously. Each box is styled with a random background color selected from a predefined array of colors. The size of the grid adjusts based on the dimensions of the browser window.


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Visit: Snow Crash


No Love Lost in the Garden of Eden

(Webpage, 2023)

The web-page unfolds as a digital landscape, resembling a garden or forest populated by early internet GIF files associated with plant life and verdant symbolism. "No Love Lost in the Garden of Eden" stands as an exploration and tribute to the aesthetics of early internet culture, particularly the unsophisticated yet charming GIF animations that once proliferated online. Visitors are invited to meander through this digital terrain by simply scrolling through the webpage. ( The GIFs are randomly placed on the web page )


Visit: No Love Lost in the Garden of Eden


Zen for Mobile Devices

(Webpage, 2024)

Zen for Mobile Devices is an intentional pause in the vast expanse of the World Wide Web, reminding us that even in the fast-paced digital age, moments of stillness can and need to be found.


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Visit: Zen for Mobile Devices


I Have Become Comfortably Numb

(Webpage, 2023)

Where pixels and consciousness unite in a captivating digital odyssey. Embrace an introspective animation that questions the comforts of the digital age. Embark on a mystical journey where pixels become guides to self-discovery.


Visit: I Have Become Comfortably Numb



Virtual Total Eclipse (of the heart)

(Webpage, 2020)

I remember once when I was a kid and how I lay on the sun-drenched suburban road and stared up at the blue summer sky, I wanted to see it painted, painted black. Black as night, black as coal. Just then and there the sun was blacked out from the sky. (If the sun goes out, it will take 8 minutes before we notice anything) A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the earth. It then blocks almost all the sunlight from reaching the earth for a few minutes. The next total solar eclipse in Sweden will occur the year 2126


Visit: Virtual Total Eclipse

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