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In 1947, operators discovered a moth trapped between the relays of the Harvard Mark II computer during a system malfunction. This incident is remembered as the most famous "bug" in early computing history. This accidental collision between ecological and technological realms marks the beginning of a series of events from the 20th to the 21st century, including Guo Cheng's exhibition titled "Bug."
The exhibition space is divided into two distinct yet interconnected scenarios: an uncanny data center and a peculiar outdoor field. Separated by a partition wall yet linked by a window, creatures passing between these two spaces may experience a blurring and dislocation of subjectivity.
Entering the data center, two slowly rotating rock cores are wrapped in clusters of network cables cascading from overhead cable trays. As a green film sweeps across their surfaces, the rock cores reveal primordial soup-like totems resembling cellular structures or organic markings. In the corner, a server…
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In 1947, operators discovered a moth trapped between the relays of the Harvard Mark II computer during a system malfunction. This incident is remembered as the most famous "bug" in early computing history. This accidental collision between ecological and technological realms marks the beginning of a series of events from the 20th to the 21st century, including Guo Cheng's exhibition titled "Bug."
The exhibition space is divided into two distinct yet interconnected scenarios: an uncanny data center and a peculiar outdoor field. Separated by a partition wall yet linked by a window, creatures passing between these two spaces may experience a blurring and dislocation of subjectivity.
Entering the data center, two slowly rotating rock cores are wrapped in clusters of network cables cascading from overhead cable trays. As a green film sweeps across their surfaces, the rock cores reveal primordial soup-like totems resembling cellular structures or organic markings. In the corner, a server…
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