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Slideshow: Exhibit Features Viruses as Art

Computer viruses aren't just for wreaking havoc on global networks. They're also an art form. That's the take of an upcoming exhibit that focuses on malicious scripts, hacker films and the aesthetic charms of programming code. By Michelle Delio.
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"The Lovers," by British artist Sneha Solankis, uses two mutually infected computers to create an analogy comparing the distorted communication between the increasingly confused computers with the emotional weirdness that sometimes erupts between lovers.

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exhibit will get a close-up view of the trouble a malicious virus writer can cause. One section of the show, dubbed "The Zoo," will feature a dozen non-networked terminals that visitors can infect with an assortment of viruses in order to observe what malware does.
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"'I love you' [... but do you know what love really means?]," by artist Caleb Waldorf, is an installation video montage reflecting how the media represents the phenomenon of viruses and how governments and corporate entities react to the threat of cyberterrorism.
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, an art exhibit exploring the beauty of programming code and the ugly ways that some people use it, will begin its world tour in September.
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magazine's July 1998 issue. Infected computers' desktops were littered with pox-like "close window" icons.
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Bring back any memories? The exhibit's name refers to the Love Bug virus, which circulated widely in May 2000 and was one of the "computer virus family's first media stars," according to curator Franziska Nori.
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show, with literary and visual works created with programming languages.