Obituary

Turner's blur of a locomotive hurtling through rain — with a hare, if you look — became the internet's image of going nowhere very fast. It died when the train arrived and the destination was just another notification.

Portrait: Didier Descouens · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Born

2017

Died

2021

Cause of death

Outrun by the algorithm

Last sighting

A 'me rushing to nothing' edit, 2021

Resting place

Section L, Row 2

Category

art