Systemsandmaintenance

Sneha Solanki  ‘The Lovers’

Two networked machines, one infected with a virus, slowly infects the other through the interface of classic romantic poetry.

A breakdown in the relationship was inevitable once the virus had seeped into the memory of one machine and then into the other through a singular network cable affecting the poetic text files. Communication between the two deteriorated, leading to irrational & at times odd behaviour. Each machine reacted with equal confusion and conflict. The interface text became an illegible poetic mutation of itself.

the best part about sci-fi stories told from the point of view of an artificial intelligence is that you can have omniscient first-person narration and it fuckin slaps

this side of the lab >>

1985

HARDWARE (1990)

forgot to upload dis

Byte, April 1982

Two early 80s laptop computers: GRiD Compass & Epson HX-20