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 > pseudo-quines (0)

appropriation and plagiarism (5)
 > stealing (0)

artificial intelligence (10)

artistic tool (39)
 > audiovisual (28)
 > narrative (4)
 > useless (2)

bots and agents (15)

browser art (19)

code art (20)
 > code poetry (7)
 > minimal code (2)
 > obfuscation (3)
 > programming languages (6)
 > quines (1)

conceptual software (30)
 > without hardware - formal instruction (3)

data transformation (30)
 > data collage (11)
 > multimedia (5)
 > sonification (3)
 > visualization (4)

digital aesthetics r&d (9)
 > disfunctionality (3)
 > low tech (5)

digital folk and artisanship (17)
 > ascii art (2)
 > audio-visual (1)
 > gimmicks (6)
 > screen savers (2)

existing software manipulations (7)
 > artistic re-packaging (1)
 > cracks and patches (0)
 > instructions (1)
 > software plugins (2)

games (14)
 > deconstruction and modification (8)
 > public games (2)

generative art (48)
 > algorithmic audio (10)
 > algorithmic design (7)
 > algorithmic image (18)
 > algorithmic multimedia (8)

hardware transformation (7)

installation-based (6)

institutional critique (7)

performance-based (10)

political and activist software (25)
 > cease-and-desist-ware (5)
 > illicit software (2)
 > software resistance (13)
 > useful activist software (3)

social software (4)

software cultures - links (15)

system dysfunctionality (9)
 > denial of service (3)
 > virus - security (5)

text - software art related (47)
 > aesthetics of software art (7)
 > cultural critique of software (13)
 > history of software art (12)
 > weblog (1)

text manipulation (35)
 > text editors (4)

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