User:Kiara/Research/WebSpell

OBSOLETE
visit /Prototypes for accurate information

Research Contents
General page
— Notes ——— Prototypes
— Project Proposal ——— Drafts
— Thesis Outline ——— Drafts
— Web Spell ——— Prototypes

This page states the evolution of the web spell webring I am starting as of 18-09-2025.

Here is the extended outline of the project:

A spell for the web

What is it?

A publication (one-page website or very small zine, or both?) that is a magic act to embrace and enlighten the power of indie web through the lens of sororities.

-> This needs refining

Why make it?

To highlight the connections and links between the web and magic, that cannot exist without the feminine

Workflow

⚹ Start from the writing exercise done in methods last year (output is here)

⚹ Expand on that, add a little intro to contextualize the making of this webpage, build it with neocities?

⚹ Use readings from the list

⚹ Make a zine or a website or a webzine or all!

Timetable

Small intro writing	1 day	TBD
Gathering additional material	1 week	TBD
Design draft	4 hours	TBD
Gathering visuals (maybe ask Roos?)	2 days	TBD
Code and publication through neocities	1-2 weeks	TBD
Proofreading	1 day	TBD
[Optional] Print	1 hour	TBD

Previous Practice

https://hub.xpub.nl/cerealbox/~kiara/methods/handmade-web/

Tumblr blogging

Roos's workshop about neocities website building that I couldn't attend :( -- it took place on 17-09-2025 at .zip EDIT: there will be other ones!!

https://zipspace.nl/agenda (18-09-2025)

Choices Made

⚹ The website is a webring that starts with a lightweight statement made through light webdesign and the more you venture into the ring, the deeper you go into the subject (and get a sense of how magic enacts on the web? this sounds shaky, let's see if it can be done).

⚹ Through clicking paths, you can uncover extra rings or be brought back

Rapid Prototypes

⚹ Stand alone HTML/CSS pages

⚹ Gallery of spells and references

⚹ Webrings?

⚹ Zine mockups

⚹ Create my own gifs?

Dedicated page for prototypes

Additional information

Concepts: multi-layered dreamland, hidden clues, (text) adventure games, loops, traveling and wandering

References:

• Olia Lialina | My Boyfriend Came Back From the War (1996)
• Zoe Beloff | Beyond
• Outer Wilds (if you don't know about it, don't look it up, just play it, any information could destroy the gaming experience)

the Nomaï writings from Outer Wilds as an inspiration for the hyperlinks path(s) within the webring

Resources: https://rg-mage.neocities.org/code-a-thon