The Embodiment of Code

The difference between organization and structure is fundamental for the showing and presentation of digital works of art. Because in their digital components they exist in two ways: as code and in the form of their showing or presentation.
The showing of code is always contemporary, i.e. it requires contemporary equipment and circumstances, and it is always embodied.
The talk concerns itself with the consequences for the presentation and the preservation of media art that result from the difference between notation and showing.

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