2002 -2005 “Tropisms.org”  – pre-youtube documentary platform, one of the first websites referred to as a vlog.

Short documentaries uploaded from Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Brazil, USA, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Poland, The Netherlands.
Concept / direction: Luuk Bouwman
Production: Frank van Reemst, Zig/zag
Graphic design: JanJaap Rypkema
Programming: Patrick Gutlich, Martijn van Beek

Although shot in first person camcorder style, the video’s didn’t usually point the camera on the makers themselves as would later be typical of vlogs. Tropisms was about travel and curiosity. Filmmakers involved: Luuk Bouwman (NL), Bastiaan Bosma (NL), Peter Boonstra (NL), Marcel van Brakel (NL), Josh Koury (US), Michal Rogalski (PL)

Tropisms was part of the New Genres – Video In The Internet Age exhibition (2018) of the Museum of the Moving Image NYC.

Press: Liberation (2002), Rhizome (2002), Boing Boing (2002), De Tijd (2002), The Guardian (2004), Boing Boing (2004), De Standaard (2005), El País (2006), Argia Basque Country (2006), Time (2006).

Selection of video’s uploaded to Tropisms 2002-2004, focusing on internet culture in Ethiopia