Episode

Podcast #274 – UbuWeb is a Hand Coded Archive that Stands the Test of Time

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Mar 10, 2026
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Summary

Poet Kenneth Goldsmith created UbuWeb in 1996 as an online repository for obscure avant-garde art that, by virtue of having little commercial potential, was hard to find. Audio was an early component of the archive, owing to Kenneth’s interest in sound poetry, an even more obscure art form. Since then he’s served as the chief, […]