Meme

For those of you unfamiliar with a meme, it is an image found on the internet that is accompanied by text. These images are quirky and in response or referential to popular culture. The text that accompanies them is overlaid onto the image, is punchy, and reactionary to whatever the image may be. The life of a meme begins with an image that has caught the attention of internet culture, is usually artistically rendered, and then placed on the internet as a blank slate so that text may be added to it by any user. The text expresses a sentiment and brings the image to a different, often poignant and humorous place. For the most comprehensive analysis and collection of memes visit: http://knowyourmeme.com.

More recently memes have evolved into a collection of slides akin to the comic book. The displays often feature a number of meme characters intertwined into a narrative that in my opinion reflect the pulse of internet culture. In a sense the meme is an amalgam of all activity on the internet. They are the artistic representation of everything spoken, explored, and questioned on the internet collapsed into a single plane.