The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation

inception: 2000

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Peter Norvig used Powerpoint's auto-content wizard, adapting Abraham Lincoln's famous wartime speech into six slides. Bullet points and headings include "What Makes a Nation Unique" and "Gov't of/for/by the people."

attributed to: Rhizome staff, Peter Norvig

inception: 1 January 2000

copyedited by: Rhizome staff

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Tired of the monotony imposed by the medium, in an act of satire Peter Norvig used Powerpoint's auto-content wizard, adapting Abraham Lincoln's famous wartime speech into six slides. Bullet points and headings include 'What Makes a Nation Unique' and "Gov't of/for/by the people".

attributed to: Peter Norvig

inception: 2000

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artist: Peter Norvig

title: The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation

inception: 2000

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access URL: http://archive.rhizome.org/artbase/54414/norvig.com/Gettysburg/

inception: 2000

generated by: cloning

associated with: Rhizome staff

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