I am Googable Therefore I am
Description
Artist Statement
On a coding craft level "I am googable therefore I am" is coded to be a live aggregated feed, made with Beautiful Soup - a coding language mix of Python HTML/XML. This is programmed to hit the artists name each day to give a read out of amount of the google hits the name brings, in order to tell her she exists. Although available as live data feed - http://moddr.net/~sister0/cast/ The 'actual' artwork is not complete until fully installed.
Source of Artist Statement
On a coding craft level "I am googable therefore I am" is coded to be a live aggregated feed, made with Beautiful Soup - a coding language mix of Python HTML/XML. This is programmed to hit the artists name each day to give a read out of amount of the google hits the name brings, in order to tell her she exists. Although available as live data feed - http://moddr.net/~sister0/cast/ The 'actual' artwork is not complete until fully installed.
Source of Artist Statement
Creator
Mauro-Flude, Nancy
Date
2009
Rights
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Genre
Multimedia installation/Live code
Platform
Python HTML/XML
Citation
Mauro-Flude, Nancy, “I am Googable Therefore I am,” ADELTA, accessed November 15, 2024, https://adelta.westernsydney.edu.au/items/show/96.