Systemsandmaintenance

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Nagra v , iv, iii

HARDWARE (1990)

0. Prequel 1. All Systems Nominal 2. Potential Internal Bug 3. Bad Sectors 4. Obvious Bad Sectors 5. UPWARDS DEFRAG PROCESS ◄ CONSULT THE COLLECTION CATALOG

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.

Maximum PC - May 2003

robot/mechanic is a relationship that i have Not seen enough of

give me exposed wires and bared flesh meeting in the hum of mechanical intimacy

i want well trained, soft yet firm hands running across mechanical parts, sliding plates into place and letting cogs tick again

and seeing your partner, flesh or metal, as the co-creator of the art of your body, a constant bond as your form may change? divine.