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|| is a movement started at New York University to promote and denote work that provides an alternative to the status quo.

Origins
The movement was conceptualized and first implemented by students Gallatin and The Clive Davis School for Recorded Music but quickly spread to other parts of NYU and New York City.

Name

 * is also the Bitwise OR operator in many programming languages and formal logic. Ergo the symbol represents an alternative to the status quo. The creators of the movement thought that the simplicity and obscurity of the symbol would make it noticeable and easy to find in online searches. The hope is that a google search for || would return a list of works associated with the movement.

Examples

 * Hugh Cosby & Alan South
 * ERD
 * Topaz
 * byrdhou.se