Hosting an ‘Internet Search Party’

Yes, a party about surfing the internet. I’m serious. I recently hosted an in-person 'Internet Search Party’ (and single release) here in Boston. The purpose and position of the party was exactly what it sounds like — we literally surfed the web. “…But why?”, you ask yourself. Read on for more. What the f**k is an Internet Search Party?! Somewhere deep in the underbelly of the creative web lays a community of glamorous technocrats, curious coders, and eclectic digital artisans manifesting memes and realms of magical realism. Most of them gather on Are.na, a moodboarding platform that differentiates itself with multimedia content pinning rather than image-only and also by not being hoardingly beholden to turning their platform into a wasteland of advertisement (looking at you Pinterest…). In early 2026, I came across a small group of NYC-based creatives who appeared to be hosting a semi-regular, in-person (real-life), well-thought-out, “internet surf club”. The event, per their…