From: a.ludovico*neural.it
I love you [rev.eng]
The Aesthetics of Computer Viruses. German Exhibition on International Tour
http://www.digitalcraft.org/iloveyou/
USA - Providence: Brown University - Watson Institute for International Studies
September 10th - October 4th 2004
DENMARK - Copenhagen: Post & Tele Museum
October 4th - November 14th 2004
Providence (USA) / Copenhagen: The return of "Made in Germany" - "I love you [rev.eng]" (rev.eng = reverse engineering), the extension of the successful exhibition in Frankfurt on everything to do with computer viruses, is going on an international tour. It can be seen from September 11th to October 4th at the renowned private Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, and then from October 7th to November 14th in the Museum for Communication in Copenhagen, Denmark.
"I love you [rev.eng]" is the first exhibition world-wide dedicated to the phenomena of computer security and computer viruses. In a networked society, dealing with computer viruses, worms, or so-called "blended threats", has become part of everyday digital life.
"I love you [rev.eng]", conceived and presented by the cultural organisation digitalcraft.org, takes this up to carry out a controversial experiment with contemporary culture that goes far beyond current vehement debates on hacking.
"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. The exhibition examines: What actually is a computer virus? Who creates them, and why? What sort of world is hiding behind these everyday phenomena?
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
Through a collaboration with experts at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies and researchers from Symantec - the market leader in internet security - digitalcraft.org further delved into the political, economic and social actuality of this subject. At both locations, the exhibition will be complemented by symposiums, in the USA with the theme "The Power and Pathology of Networks".
With this project, the cultural organisation digitalcraft.org based in Frankfurt, Germany, directed by Franziska Nori, is taking up the challenge of exploring complex virtual phenomena and presenting them in a visual way. "I love you [rev.eng]" is the revamped and expanded version of the initial exhibition which was successfully shown in June 2002 in the Museum for Applied Art in Frankfurt and in February 2003 at the "transmediale.03" in Berlin.
Further information on all exhibits, the digital version of the exhibition catalogue and extensive pictorial material can be found on the project's website or direct from:
Dr. Gabriele Reinartz
PR and communication
Phone: +49 (0)171 / 8 34 56 48
Fax: +49 (0)69 / 48 00 61 32
E-Mail: gabriele.reinartz*digitalcraft.org
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Alessandro Ludovico
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