{"id":180,"date":"2019-12-11T15:46:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T15:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amydyer.art\/wp\/?p=180"},"modified":"2019-12-11T15:46:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T15:46:19","slug":"software-still-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amydyer.art\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/12\/11\/software-still-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Software Still Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I created a series of still lives using computer hardware to explore the abstract nature of software development.<\/p>\n<p>Software is, in my mind, merely a thing. It&#8217;s created by ordinary people, it has form, and an expressive nature of its own.\u00a0Software can be convoluted, tangled, interdependent; or it can be orderly, rigid, or modular.<\/p>\n<p>However, code isn&#8217;t something we can see (or easily draw). It remains obscured to most people who don&#8217;t work with it. We rely on visual tropes to describe it: flying green text, men in hoodies, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>I want the viewer of these images to be able to consider software in a more objective way, as a programmer might think of it. \u00a0By using hardware in these still lives, I invite the viewer to take a deep, close look at &#8220;code&#8221;, while also expressing something of its nature.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-181\" style=\"width: 1512px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amydyer.art\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/software_1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-181 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/amydyer.art\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/software_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1512\" height=\"1750\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debian Server. Charcoal and pastel on paper, 40&#8243;x50&#8243;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-183\" style=\"width: 1981px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amydyer.art\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/software_3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-183 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/amydyer.art\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/software_3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1981\" height=\"1485\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Connections. Charcoal and pastel on paper, 30&#8243;x40&#8243;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_182\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182\" style=\"width: 1419px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amydyer.art\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/software_2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-182 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/amydyer.art\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/software_2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1419\" height=\"1788\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spaghetti code. Charcoal and pastel on paper, 30&#8243;x40&#8243;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first image is a decommissioned Debian server, disassembled up to show its interior: motherboard, power supplies and drives. The second and third images show computer cables, exiting the server in an orderly fashion, and ending in a complex tangle. All three images are lit with a spotlight, inviting the viewer to take a closer look.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_184\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184\" style=\"width: 1300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amydyer.art\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/software_detail-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-184 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/amydyer.art\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/software_detail-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1951\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I created a series of still lives using computer hardware to explore the abstract nature of software development. Software is, in my mind, merely a thing. It&#8217;s created by ordinary people, it has form, and an expressive nature of its own.\u00a0Software can be convoluted, tangled, interdependent; or it can be orderly, rigid, or modular. 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