Unable to adapt to ever-accelerating technological developments and cultural paradigm shifts, the Global Ministry of Education transferred the creation of its educational softwares to the leader of Artificial Intelligence, Alphabet. The objectives: maintaining aesthetic and lexical relevance to keep the youth interested in learning while preparing them for the current and upcoming crisis (increasing atmospheric temperature and bacteriological terrorist attacks from the Third World Axis, for instance). The AI unfortunately sent an entire generation in disarray, leading children to severe mental illnesses and violent antisocial tendencies. All but one of the softwares created were destroyed, kept as a memento of our mistake:
CODE-><-VIRUS Interactive Omni-Augmented Family Encyclopedia For Transhumanist Adaptability
(This video was made over the last 8 months by using almost exclusively an iPhone for image and sound treatments, then remixed through circuitbent gears. It’s a visceral reaction to my current interests: glitch art, of course, but also the evolution of educational software from PC-XT to today’s apps. I remembered how scary my first contacts with technology were, especially when it didn’t work correctly. Enjoy, play loud.)
Original Code Virus webzine: http://frederickmaheux.com/code-virus/