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Rhea Myers
Le Random Mission Statement (Infected by PostScript Viruses)
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Description

The mission statement of digital generative art institution Le Random, infected with and glitched by the PostScript programming language code of PostScript Viruses from 1993. PostScript Viruses’ aesthetics are an early example of Glitch Art, intentionally contrasting with the smooth structures of graphic design and typesetting. Rather than editing the target file manually, its code infects the printer or printing press that the file and those after it are rendered on and changes the meaning of the programming language that those files are expressed in. The artist described PostScript Viruses as “an exercise in aesthetic intervention in networked society”, but did not release it into the wild for ethical reasons. Its existence nonetheless demonstrated that the era’s all-pervasive print media was not safe from media jamming tactics even at its point of production. In doing so it affirms the critical power of art and of digital art in particular.

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Production year
2024
Object type
NFT
Dimensions
8434 × 9067 px
Asset type
PNG
Minted on
Verisart Custom Contract
Blockchain
Ethereum
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Created by
Rhea Myers, 1973
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Issued by
GAZELL.iO
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History
Transferred
Jul 8 2024 09:08:01 UTC
Transferred
Jul 8 2024 09:03:19 UTC
Created
Jul 8 2024 09:03:16 UTC
Traits
Virus
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Glitch