Internet interfaces in the physical world

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Attempts to make intangible computer interfaces (in the strict sense) material:

Joe McKay's Progress Bar is moved by a stepper motor which is connected to the computer. The computer screen displays a message which changes as the bar gets closer to completion.

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Press Enter to Exit has two mesh screens inside a box, one that's shaking and one that's not. This shaking makes the letters shimmer with a moire brilliance that mimics a computer screen. The text comes from the artists's local deli's ATM machine.

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Via Neural.

See also the Scrollbars by Jan Robert Leegte. The installation isolates elements of the Windows interface, which are in turn projected onto various structures; previously internet-based, the scrollbars moved to physical installations through a desire to develop a more meditative relationship between the audience and the work.

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And probably many others that don't come to my mind now or that I don't know about.

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