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Today it's already 3 weeks since the opening of "The Story Never Ends" exhibition at ZKM Karlsruhe, showcasing around 100 works by 75 artists from the museum's collection of 12,000 artworks, one of the largest and most important media art collections in the world (since the 1950s).
Due to the stress of the recent weeks, I've completely missed posting more pictures of my piece on display there (De/Frag, 2021). It's a custom site-specific version which will keep changing/evolving non-stop for the next 5 months (until the end of the show in late September). The pictures attached are by Clara Runge, the curator of the show. Thank you! 
https://zkm.de/en/2025/04/the-story-that-never-ends
A plea: If you happen to go to ZKM and get to see the piece, please do take & post some pictures — I'm very keen to see snapshots over time (so far I've only had it running for a few weeks, but never for months on end...)
More info about the piece and images also here in this thread:
https://mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/114245042903764105
Super pleased to announce that a custom version of De/Frag (2021) will be on display at ZKM Karlsruhe as part of their new milestone show "The Story That Never Ends" from next Saturday, April 5 until September 20. The exhibition features approx. 100 works from their collection of 12,000 works of the past 70 years. It's a true honor to be part of it!
https://zkm.de/de/2025/04/the-story-that-never-ends
Unlike the original release, which was constrained to only 640x640 pixels, this new custom version runs at 1080x1920 resolution on a large 75" screen, and will continuously evolve over the course of the next 5½ months, i.e. for the entire duration of the exhibition.
De/Frag is a homage and exploration of the classic flood fill algorithm, combined with semi-randomly generated bit/fill patterns, multiple iteration & sorting strategies, creating an endlessly changing tapestry of complex pixel textures and tectonics, whilst revealing the inner workings of the intentionally slowed down core algorithm. It also is an exercise in algorithmic purity, attempting to devise a minimalist generative system producing maximalist variation (relative to its setup).
The downscaled 30 second time lapse shows snapshots of a 20 minute time window, with one frame taken every 5 seconds... In reality, all transitions are continuous and mesmerizing to watch unfold in unexpected way (something the time lapse cannot do justice).
@Microsoft @windows 95 Disk Defrag .. #defrag #windows95 #tech #technology
There is something oddly satisfying and dare I say therapeutic defragmenting a mechanical hard drive on Windows 98.
How many of you have carefully watched the progress as the churn and crunch of the drive is heard?
Good morning Monday, let's start the new week like never before.
Do you like weird little #pico8 #puzzle #games?
I had an idea, and I made a little prototype. It's a sorting game inspired by the old Windows #defrag.
I think I might be onto something here - but I'd love your thoughts. I'm considering whether to grow it out of pico 8 into an actual browser or app thing, with a daily challenge, and maybe some other modes.
As we all know, defragmenting your data is no longer a thing on modern SSDs. It no longer speeds up anything, but rather hurts your memory cells. But yeah... it makes me kinda sad. Because it used to be one of the most satisfying things ever!
@maxime @retrosponge I always thought defrag would move files out of the way before putting files in their place, rather than just start at one end of the hard disk and blindly process to the end?
Kun SSD-levyt korvasivat mekaaniset kiintolevyt, oikeastaan kaikki mahdollinen meni paremmaksi.
Mutta samalla menetettiin hypnoottinen kokemus kiintolevyn eheytyksen katselusta.
Nyt samaan tunnelmaan pääsee takaisin, eheytystä simuloivalla verkkosivustolla 
https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2024/07/27/windows-kiintolevyn-eheytys-simulaattori