(before WIRED's edits and translation)
Since the napkins are a collaborative project (my sons act as my art directors: sometimes they give me assignments, and then they give me "critical feedback" on my efforts) I thought I would ask them to answer the questions along with me. And, as they would be happy to tell you, my answers were way too boring. They are 12 and 8 years old and feel themselves to be moderately internet savvy.
Which app do you reach for first in the morning?
NINA: iRadarNYC: I ride my kids the 5 miles to school in a cargo bike, and am therefore fixated on the possibility of precipitation. My kids really hate getting wet…and maybe it is a bit dangerous to bike in a thunderstorm anyway.
THE KIDS: Youtube. Theoretically, they have to be dressed and completely prepared to leave for school before they can start on YouTube. Theoretically.
Which online personality/account or website can make you laugh your heart out or at least put you in a good mood?
NINA: Lately I have been listening to Marc Maron's podcast interviews (WTF With Marc Maron). I think my bitter middle aged outlook appreciates his bitter middle aged outlook. And he often does a very nice job of exploring how creative work happens with his guests.
THE KIDS: YouTube videos by Dan of the Diamond Minecart or Popular MMOs.
They have no idea who Mark Maron is, which is fine with me. But they would be very interested in the title of his podcast.
What did the internet teach you?
NINA: How to waste time without leaving my house....which is not necessarily a bad thing. Time wasting in the form of looking at things is essentially indistinguishable from doing research for my work. I used to have to go out to a library or book store in order to do the sort of random perusing that I need to do to find subject matter for sculpture... and for napkin drawings.
THE KIDS: Time wasting. They are not willing to elaborate.
Whose browser history would you love to have a look at? And of course: Why?
NINA: I am afraid the only browser history I would like to be more attentive to is that of my older son. We have not found a filter we like, so I am resigned to trying to at least keep track of his forays into inappropriate materials.
THE KIDS: They don't have much interest in answering this question, but I can note that the younger brother slavishly follows his older brother's online travels, which can create some problems, as what is not appropriate for a 12 year old, is really not appropriate for a 8 year old.
If you could spend a day without mobile phone or internet access AND with a person you never met before – who would that be?
NINA: Oliver Sachs. He is a brilliant neurologist who has written a library's worth of engaging books as well as being a generally colorful and engaging person.
THE KIDS: They say that they would not willingly spend a day without wifi, and cannot imagine a human being on earth who would make that situation acceptable.
Which of your Spotify or Soundcloud playlists could embarrass you (a bit)? And would you share the link with us anyway? Please.
NINA: I am sorry to report that I don’t listen to music digitally. I do listen to podcasts and books constantly while I am working or drawing on napkins…. and certainly some of that material is not edifying. I share my iTunes account with the kids which means I do have some potentially embarrassing songs on the playlist like Katy Perry's "Firework" and The Cab's "Angel with a Shotgun"
THE KIDS: They initially say that none of the music they like could ever possibly embarrass them. With further prompting, they offer up Caramell Dansen ( https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zvq9r6R6QAY ) but the 12 year old has been acting out this video in public for the last couple of weeks, so how embarrassed could he really be?
Which mobile app on your phone is totally useless – but at the same time very essential to you?
NINA: My personal Facebook account.
THE KIDS: None of their apps could ever be deemed useless.
Why did you start posting things to the internet?
NINA: I started posting pictures of the napkins on a blog back in the summer of 2011 because I was tired on having the kids spread the actual napkins all over the house. The blog allowed them to revisit their old pictures without handling food-covered, crumpled, old napkins….plus, the blog allows labeling, so they could look at all of the Batman napkins at one time. I had already been posting pictures of my sculpture and photographs starting back in the early days of dial-up modems, but that was a static portfolio site and not a blog.
THE KIDS: They have big plans, but have not yet posted anything themselves.
If you could wish for one thing online, what would it be?
NINA: Meaningful security.
THE KIDS: A wildly popular personal YouTube channel
In your opinion: What is the greatest invention ever?
NINA: Reliable contraception.
THE KIDS: Video games.
Google Translate delivers the article:
Network Famous / Nina Levy painted artworks on school bread napkin:
Even artists have to lubricate the school bread for their children. But Nina Levy decided to add them even more special. Every evening, the artist sat down and painted the napkins, in which she wraps bread for her two sons. It has meanwhile become from soothing evening Employment own project. On the website Daily Napkins Levy published her works made of thin paper.
She herself says that her sons were the art directors, Daily Napkins course a collaborative effort. That's why not only Nina Levy our network Famous questionnaire answered, but also their sons Archer and Ansel
WIRED : Which app opens her morning as the first ?
Nina : I bring my sons every morning with a cargo bike to school and must be prepared for the weather, so iRadar NYC. Both hate even getting wet. And in the worst storm does not want any cycle precisely.
Archer & Ansel: In theory, YouTube , but we need to be fully dressed and ready for school before we are allowed that. In theory !
WIRED : Who brings you online laugh?
Nina: Lately I hear Marc Maron's podcast interviews. I am a middle-aged woman and my perspective on the world fits very well with his bitter perspective on the world as a middle-aged man. If you understand what I mean ...
Archer & Ansel: We look most like YouTube videos of Dan from The Diamond Minecart. We have no idea who Mark Maron , but the title of the podcast sounds interesting.
WIRED: What the Internet has taught you ?
Nina: What I'm wasting my time, without leaving the house. Does not necessarily have to be something bad. To waste my time with interesting things can not be separated from my artistic work. Finally, I must also look to the library or the bookstore or with open eyes in the world to find inspiration for a new sculpture or new napkins motives.
Archer & Ansel: time to waste!
WIRED: Whose browser history would you like to see again?
Nina : I suspect that my eldest son. We have not yet found the right filter for us, so I have every now and then check its history to ensure that it meaningful things look at.
Archer & Ansel not want to answer this question, but Nina can see that the Achjährige often times follows the online paths of Twelve Ährigen. And that she does not always for something good.
WIRED: If you spend a day without dürftet mobile and internet with someone you have never met in your life, who would it be?
Nina: Oliver Sachs He is a brilliant neurologist and has written many great books. He is also determined as a person quite enchanting.
Archer & Ansel: a day without the internet? Who is that supposed to want?
WIRED : What Spotify- or SoundCloud playlists are you a bit uncomfortable?
Nina: I hear not got a digital music. I hear podcasts and audiobooks while I'm working, but it is not really embarrassing. I also share my iTunes account with the children, so also there: everything halfway okay. Except maybe Katy Perry's "Firework" or "Angel with a Shotgun" by The Cabs.
Archer & Ansel: Nothing we hear is embarrassing. Except maybe Caramelldansen.
WIRED: Which app on your smartphone is actually useless- but essential for you?
Nina: Facebook.
Archer & Ansel: No app that we use is useless! Hello?!
WIRED: Why did you start to publish things on the internet ?
Nina: 2011 I have begun to publish the napkins, because I was tired of having the old napkins are throughout the house with crumbs and food scraps. So I was able to keep them, without having to be afraid of mold. And of course we could suddenly sort be better- and, for example, view all Batman napkin at a time.
Ansel & Archer: We still have not published anything , but we have big plans!
WIRED: If you could wish you one thing online, what would it be?
Nina: security.
Ansel & Archer: With its own YouTube channel!
WIRED: What do you think is the best invention ever?
Nina : effective contraception.
Ansel & Archer: Video Games!
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