Painting the Internet: A Different Kind of Warhol Worm

Aycock, John

Painting the Internet: A Different Kind of Warhol Worm

dc.contributor.author	Aycock, John	eng
dc.date.accessioned	2008-02-26T20:22:00Z
dc.date.available	2008-02-26T20:22:00Z
dc.date.computerscience	2006-05-24	eng
dc.date.issued	2006-05-24	eng
dc.description.abstract	Some people have argued that software is artistic. If so, what about malware? Only occasional, small-scale attempts have been made to create art using malware. We present art worms, worms which allow an artist to use the entire Internet as a canvas. These worms could be interactive, allowing an artist to stage a global performance, or non-interactive and automatic. Examples are given of artworks that could result from these worms. Art worms raise a variety of questions about the very nature of art: what constitutes art? must art be seen in order to exist? should art be destroyed? Two major technical aspects of art worms are communication and geolocation. Both aspects ensure that art worms behave correctly to create an overall picture. We look at a number of ways that malware can perform these tasks, which have broader applications to malware targeted at specific countries for the purposes of terrorism or information warfare.	eng
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dc.identifier.department	2006-834-27	eng
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/30295
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/45375
dc.language.iso	Eng	eng
dc.publisher.corporate	University of Calgary	eng
dc.publisher.faculty	Science	eng
dc.subject	Computer Science	eng
dc.title	Painting the Internet: A Different Kind of Warhol Worm	eng
dc.type	unknown
thesis.degree.discipline	Computer Science	eng