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For people who don't know what a fractional dimension is. And mostly don't care. Fractal art of all kinds was part of a certain trend in 80s/90s culture, which
by TheOtherHobbes 3y ago
For people who don't know what a fractional dimension is. And mostly don't care.
Fractal art of all kinds was part of a certain trend in 80s/90s culture, which also influenced the look of the early Internet. And electronic dance music, clubs, and raves.
It was maximalist, psychedelic, colourful, busy, inclusive, recursive, and complex.
Whatever the math was doing, it was a very popular signifier of certain kinds of experience.
I suspect it's not a surprise that if faded into the background when the Internet began to commercialise and blandify in the later 90s.