Tektronix Smalltalk Workstations 4406 (1985)

Sneha Solanki  ‘The Lovers’

Two networked machines, one infected with a virus, slowly infects the other through the interface of classic romantic poetry.

A breakdown in the relationship was inevitable once the virus had seeped into the memory of one machine and then into the other through a singular network cable affecting the poetic text files. Communication between the two deteriorated, leading to irrational & at times odd behaviour. Each machine reacted with equal confusion and conflict. The interface text became an illegible poetic mutation of itself.

Invisible Sphere (installation), Artefact (exhibition); Stuk, Leuven, Belgium, 2007, by Jonathan Schipper. Photo by Marc Wathieu

early 1980s series I or II Fairlight CMI at Keele University Music Production and Sound Design studio

photos by 𝕒𝕜𝕠 @akonewcastle

ako0 bandcamp

Panels and schematics of rogue one

Sony Trinitron KTX-1400UB monitor

Two early 80s laptop computers: GRiD Compass & Epson HX-20