#!/bin/sh
# historic_loop
# a BASH microcode to print your .bash_history
# file line by line in an infinite loop.
a_previous_login_history=`cat .bash_history`
while true
do
for cmd in $a_previous_login_history
do
echo -n "${cmd} "
done
done
# note: perhaps if you want to literally repeat history
# ie re-issue all commands in your .bash_history file,
# replace echo -n "${cmd} " with `${cmd}`
# but beware to do so is probably not such a good idea.On 25/5/2009, "Pall Thayer" <[email protected]> wrote: >And for those who don't know what an infinite loop is in programming, >it is explained along with an example in the Microcodes primer at >http://pallit.lhi.is/microcodes/MCprimer.pdf > > >Pall > >On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 10:50 AM, info <[email protected]> wrote: >> The Wheel of The Devil (aka the loop lecture) >> >> The infinite loop is the perfect form for expressing the reality of >> contemporary existence. From the endless boom-bust cycle of capitalism >> to the repeating right/left swings of American politics to the >> misbehaving computer code frustrating our days, we are the society of >> the loop. We're doomed to repeat history ad infinitum (not to mention ad >> nauseum) with no progress nor resolve needed. These observations are >> nothing new; how could they be? We've always been Sisyphus. >> >> while (history) { >> history = true; >> } >> >> >> Come celebrate the horrific beauty of the infinite loop at "The Wheel of >> The Devil," a one-night-only screening of historic and contemporary >> loops at Over The Opening. Each loop screened until the audience votes >> to move to the next. >> >> Artists (in no particular order): >> JODI - Rick Silva - Brody Condon - Jon Rafman - Oliver Laric - Deidre >> LaCarte - Michael Sarff - MTAA - Hayley A. Silverman - Mathwrath - Chris >> Coy - Michael Bell-Smith - jimpunk - and more... JODI - Rick Silva - >> Brody Condon - Jon Rafman - Oliver Laric - Deidre LaCarte - Michael >> Sarff - MTAA - Hayley A. Silverman - Mathwrath - Chris Coy - Michael >> Bell-Smith - jimpunk - and more... JODI - Rick Silva - Brody Condon - >> Jon Rafman - Oliver Laric - Deidre LaCarte - Michael Sarff - MTAA - >> Hayley A. Silverman - Mathwrath - Chris Coy - Michael Bell-Smith >> jimpunk - and more... >> >> curated by MTAA with Ed Halter >> presented by T.Whid of MTAA >> >> where: >> Over The Opening (OTO) >> 60 N. 6th St. 2nd Flr (btw Wythe & Kent) >> Brooklyn, NY, 11211 (map) >> >> when: >> Friday May 29th, 2009 7-10PM (one night only) >> Doors open at 7PM, the lecture starts looping at 8PM sharp! >> free and open to the public >> >> Michael Sarff (M.River) and Tim Whidden (T.Whid) formed the >> Brooklyn-based artist collaboration MTAA in 1996. MTAA has presented >> artworks and performances at The New Museum of Contemporary Art, P.S.1 >> Contemporary Art Center, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Postmasters >> Gallery, Artists Space, and Light Industry all in New York City; The >> Walker Art Center in Minneapolis; The Beall Center for Art and >> Technology in Irvine, CA; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San >> Francisco, CA and at The Getty Center in Los Angeles, CA. International >> exhibitions include the Seoul Net & Film Festival in Korea and >> Videozone2 - The 2nd International Video Art Biennial in Israel. The >> collaboration has earned grants and awards from the Creative Capital >> Foundation, Rhizome.org, Eyebeam and New Radio & Performing Arts, Inc. >> >> Ed Halter is a critic and curator living in New York City. His writing >> has appeared in Artforum, Arthur, The Believer, Cinema Scope, >> Kunstforum, Millennium Film Journal, Moving Image Source, Rhizome, the >> Village Voice and elsewhere. From 1995 to 2005, he programmed and >> oversaw the New York Underground Film Festival, and has organized >> screenings and exhibitions for the Brooklyn Academy of Music, >> Cinematexas, Eyebeam, the Flaherty Film Seminar, the Museum of Modern >> Art, and San Francisco Cinematheque. He currently teaches in the Film >> and Electronic Arts department at Bard College, and has lectured at >> Harvard, NYU, Yale, and other schools as well as at Art in General, >> Aurora Picture Show, the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, the >> Images Festival, the Impakt Festival, and Pacific Film Archive. His book >> From Sun Tzu to Xbox: War and Video Games was published by Thunder's >> Mouth Press in 2006. With Andrea Grover, he is currently editing the >> collection A Microcinema Primer: A Brief History of Small Cinemas. He is >> a founder and director of Light Industry, a venue for film and >> electronic art in Brooklyn, New York. >> >> Over The Opening (OTO) - Once a month, the artist duo MTAA convert their >> Brooklyn studio into a venue for the presentation of time-based art. The >> ongoing project, begun in October 2007, has presented work ranging from >> group tamale production to a LAN party involving a computerized version >> of Guy Debords 1978 "Game of War." >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > >-- >***************************** >Pall Thayer >artist >http://www.this.is/pallit >***************************** > >_______________________________________________ >NetBehaviour mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
