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Surfing club

Surfing club is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Surfing club rather than just read about it. In short: An internet Surf Club is a group site (usually a blog) where artists and others link to "surfed" or "surfable" items on the Web and post their own creative work. "Nasty Nets Internet Surfing Club" was the first to use the words "surfing club". Critic Matt Fuller noted two characteristics of surfing clubs as artistic milieus: "Firstly, each piece of work is not especially apart from the other works by the artist or g…

Key takeaways

  • Surfing club belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
  • Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
  • Connect Surfing club to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
  • Reproduce the core statement of Surfing club from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

An internet Surf Club is a group site (usually a blog) where artists and others link to "surfed" or "surfable" items on the Web and post their own creative work. "Nasty Nets Internet Surfing Club" was the first to use the words "surfing club". Critic Matt Fuller noted two characteristics of surfing clubs as artistic milieus: "Firstly, each piece of work is not especially apart from the other works by the artist or groups that produced it - it is part of a practice. Secondly, each work is assembled out of parts that belong to a collectively available resource. So this again, is something set aside from the standard issue art modes, unique visions, talented individuals and all the rest of it. It is the power to connect."

See also net.art 4chan

References

Literature Surfing Clubs: organized notes and comments. by Marcin Ramocki Members Only: Loshadka Surfs the Web Video: Surfing Club at plug.in on Rhizome What the hell happened to Rhizome Why isn't it more like 4chan? When you go surfclubbin', don't forget your hat. Surf Art Continuity by Tom Moody (artist) Commodify Your Consumption: Tactical Surfing / Wakes of Resistance by Curt Cloninger Surfing an Archive : post-photography and posts by Joel Vacheron Surf Clubs by Michelle Kasprzak

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Surfing club

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Surfing club claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Surfing club before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Surfing club ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Surfing club

In research
Surfing club appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry
Engineering practice reuses Surfing club in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom
Surfing club is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Internet culture, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life
Look for Surfing club outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.
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How to study Surfing club in 20 minutes

  1. Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
  2. Close the page and write down what Surfing club means in your own words.
  3. Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
  4. Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
  5. Explain Surfing club out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Surfing club in simple terms?

An internet Surf Club is a group site (usually a blog) where artists and others link to "surfed" or "surfable" items on the Web and post their own creative work. "Nasty Nets Internet Surfing Club" was the first to use the words "surfing club". Critic Matt Fuller noted two characteristics of surfing…

Why does Surfing club matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Surfing club?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Surfing club.

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