Bomb Iraq

From Rhizome Artbase
2005
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In 2005, Cory Arcangel bought a used Macintosh TV, a rare hybrid of a Macintosh Computer and a TV set, at a Salvation Army store. Looking through its former owner's files, he discovered a simplistic homemade computer game called Bomb Iraq in which a player can flip through a virtual deck of cards depicting a hand-drawn missile hitting a clipart outline of Iraq. Arcangel first exhibited the found Macintosh TV as a readymade piece titled Bomb Iraq for the show "Breaking and Entering: Art and the Video Game" at PaceWildenstein in New York City. While the Macintosh TV hardware died shortly after the opening, its contents were saved onto a CD-ROM, allowing them to be preserved and experienced on an emulator today.

Rhizome staff
2021
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emulated environment
24 June 2014
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