ARENA HYPERNORMALISATION

Pull images and text from are.na to make a strangely familiar documentary critique of late capitalism. Just hit go to start. You can customise with your own channels, or contribue more text or images at are.na.

Good for full screen ambient displays, or just staring into the void. An are.na API toy by Kim Plowright, with a h/t to Tom Scott and Dan Williams. Found a bug? Let me know on GitHub.

Image Channels

Paste an are.na URL or channel slug. Images are used as backgrounds.

Text Channels

Paste an are.na URL or channel slug. Text blocks become captions.

Advanced Settings — search, music & private channels
Search are.na (requires access token)

Search are.na blocks by keyword — fetches matching images and texts, pooled with your channels above. Requires an access token (v3 API). Leave blank to pull recent public blocks.

Music (optional)

Add a link to a SoundCloud playlist, a direct link to an MP3/OGG, or use a local MP3 file.

No file chosen
Are.na Access Token (needed for private channels & search)

Get yours at are.na → Settings → Developers. Read-only access is fine.

Channel content is cached locally for 24 hours so you won't hammer the API. Clear cache to force a fresh fetch.

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