Machines in Flames: Computation, Destruction, and the Lure of Archives

Thomas Dekeyser, Andrew Culp

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Abstract

Machines in Flames is a secret history of destruction that follows the footsteps of a clandestine group of 1980s computer workers who bombed tech companies. The film combines archival traces, a viral desktop choreography, and late-night video recordings of the group’s targets into a meditation on computation, destruction, and the lure of archives.
Original languageEnglish
Journal[in]Transition
Volume11
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 12 Dec 2024

Keywords

  • computation
  • cybernetics
  • desktop docmentary
  • archives
  • police
  • sabotage

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