joel becker
selectively technological creative
kitchener, ontario
worse.ink
worse.ink is my indie publishing label, online store, and blog. Check it out for zines, puzzles, art prints, and worse!
Blog
Zine Remix workshop: An art assignment
July 31, 2026
I thought about making zines for a long time before I made any. I had grand plans for my first zine, but I was never quite ready to do the idea justice. So I…
Last Days (GMTK Game Jam 26)
July 26, 2026
For this year's GMTK Game Jam (theme of Countdown) I created a game called Last Days: a narrative puzzle game where you are unravelling stories from ancient…
Has this ever happened to you?
July 22, 2026
Has this ever happened to you? You’re sitting down to collage the $2 stamp collection you thrifted and OH NO turns out it’s mostly 20th century German stamps…
Mixtapes, BlackBerries, and the origins of Worse
June 7, 2026
When I started sharing art with the world, my one-liner was "glitch art, zines, collages, and worse by Joel Becker." This is a reference to Gary Larson's final…
zines
visions of entropy
A series of zines exploring how our people, our memories, and our digital footprints stay with us — but only for a time. Visions of Entropy was featured as part of Stay with Me, the CAFKA 2023 biennial exhibition of public art.
creativity in the age of the machine
Manifestos for resisting the attention economy, sharing art with friends, and knowing when to burn it all down and start anew.
experiments, goofs, and worse
"Working with odd skeletons. Working with finite permission. Working with infinite difference."
The Monument, or, Reclaiming my Mortification
The Monument, or, Reclaiming my Mortification is a short film that started as a voice note. Watch it here.
gallery
mixtapes
My mixtapes started by needing ways to enjoy music while taking breaks from my phone. It has become one of my favourite ways of expressing myself through visual art and curating music.
collage
I love collage because it's the essence of combinatorial creativity. It's a fast path to creative satisfaction, and the result is never what you expect.
xerox art
"Creative scanner use."
video synthesis
Video synthesizers have oscillators for hue, key, and pattern instead of pitch or timbre.
Get in touch
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