The April 04 artport gate page
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"The life of American machines_"
by Victor Liu
http://artport.whitney.org
Victor Liu's "The life of American machines_" presents pris, a machine put
to the task of eternal rebuild. The rebuild process consists of downloading
her source code – freely available from various sites on the Net – and
compiling the source code into her operating system and programs. The gate
page presents a live stream of pris going about her task. It shows the
commands she is running, followed by the output of the commands.
Pris is downloading the latest version of the Linux operating system code,
as well as the latest versions of the rest of her, and compiling herself.
When she is finished (after several days), she is in a shiny new state:
she's got the latest Mozilla web browser, the latest Apache web server, and
much more. There isn't much time to enjoy her new digs because Liu gives her
a day to rest, then she reboots and begins the rebuild process anew.
artport gate page April 04: Victor Liu's "The life of American machines_"
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