BB friend Alessandro Ludovico of Neural.it magazine points us to “I love you (rev.eng): The Aesthetics of Computer Viruses,” an exhibit he’s involved with that premiered in Germany and is now on view at Brown University in the US:
“I love you [rev.eng]” is divided into four investigative areas – political, cultural, technical and historical – and focuses on the controversial positions of security experts and hackers, of net artists and programmers, of literature experts and code poets… What can visitors to the “I love you [rev.eng]” exhibition expect?
– Force computers to crash with “Sasser” or “Suicide”
– Experience a global virus outbreak in real time via a 3D world
– View security concepts and methods for preventing global network attacks
– Witness computer viruses as works of art like “biennale.py” and “The Lovers”
– See films by hackers on their subculture
– Learn about programming languages as the material for contemporary poetry
– Juxtapose experimental literature and code poetry
Link (to Brown exhibition details) Link (to Wired News article)