XOXO Explore
In its founders’ own words, XOXO was “an experimental festival celebrating independent artists and creators working on the internet,” and its final edition, which included Cabel Sasser’s charming tale of going all the way down the rabbit hole of a painting that caught his attention in a McDonald’s in Washington, took place in 2024. I attended XOXO in 2014 and 2018 and was impressed on both occasions with the extraordinary care that went into the event, and I’m likewise impressed by this effort to preserve its 12 years’ worth of carefully curated content. I love a good archive, and this is that. See also co-founder Andy Baio’s post about the archive for some behind-the-scenes details.