Art Malware

Questions

• Can the computer’s operating system be hijacked to serve as a medium for software/video art?
• How can the metaphors that underlie our computer interfaces be détourned?
• How can computer interfaces act as immersive spaces?

Experiments

Transparent Windows

Behind the Desktop

Desktop Feedback

Scripting Notepad

Moving Desktop Icons

Folders as Virtual Spaces

Timeline Sequencing

Drop.exe w/ Peter Burr 

Next Steps

• 3 standalone ideas for "malware interventions"
• Keep working on timeline system & Unity integration
• User testing on other people's computers