Unfolding Coded Artworks
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Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
How do we position ourselves in relation to our digital cultural heritage when every software update threatens its very survival?
This book confronts the fragility of computer- and network-based art in an age of relentless technological obsolescence. Focusing on a seminal work by the pioneering artist duo JODI, this interdisciplinary study explores graphical user interfaces, executable files, hard-coded structures and the creative use of randomness. Through a model-assisted storytelling approach, it rethinks how programmed artworks can be remembered, analysed and reactivated once they cease to function.
A bold experiment in science communication, this volume is a must- read for scholars, practitioners and all who care about safeguarding our digital memory.
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Part I: The Book
1. Depth in the flat display? Giving.com a second glance reveals unexpected facets
2. Ir/regular events and spatial in/determinacy
3. From quality to quantity: Cascades of abstractions towards a 'dissonance value' in.com
4. Net.art.works come to life when 'executed': Combining static and dynamic code analysis
5. Conclusion