2000s Archives - Ex-Plain

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Menacing Earthworks and Atomic Priesthoods: How to Store Radioactive Waste for 10,000 Years

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March 20, 2026

Radioactive waste can remain lethal for tens of thousands of years. When it’s buried deep in the ground, how do…

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A Skeleton in the Church Window: Wim Delvoye’s X‑Ray Stained Glass

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March 12, 2026

A Belgian artist turned medical X-rays into Gothic stained glass, replacing saints with skeletons and radiography with cathedral light. The…

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Sounds

Behind the Beat: Inside the Homes Where Hip-Hop Is Made

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February 20, 2026

Raph Rashid’s intimate photographs map the domestic environments where hip-hop producers build influential records, showing how constraint, routine, and personal…

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When Sci-Fi and Body Horror Found Advertising: Chris Cunningham’s Commercial Work

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February 12, 2026

Before retreating from the spotlight, Chris Cunningham, the elusive director behind the music videos for Aphex Twin and Björk injected…

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Sounds

Longplayer: One Song, A Thousand Years, No Intermission

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February 3, 2026

A quarter of a century ago, a Celtic punk musician started a performance of a song so absurdly long that…

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Visions

The Lost Art of Internet Game Guide ASCII Art

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January 22, 2026

In which we rediscover the overlooked trend of ASCII art hidden inside fan-made video game guides from decades ago, created…

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Beyond the Simulation: The New Romanticism of Kristoffer Zetterstrand’s Virtual Landscape Paintings

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January 13, 2026

The version of romanticism truly unique to the 21st century experience may have already come from a lesser-known Swedish artist…

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Pasts

Remembering the LAN Parties of Yesteryear

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February 8, 2025

The internet is full of photos from the 90's and early 2000's when competitive multiplayer gaming was a niche hobby…

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Estonian Animation Is the Weird Trip You Didn’t Know You Needed

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February 8, 2025

Forget Japan—This small Baltic country is possibly the true master of surreal and weird animation, here are the films that…