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Note: The article is one of the selected writings for TB2014: The Great Acceleration on Artitude Magazine, No.61. The author compares different functions and metaphors of computers which artists have employed in their artworks respectively, and suggest the turn of the metaphors as the evidence of the change of the épistémè (Foucult), particularly in the era of Big Data.
Ian Cheng, Droning Like an Ur; 現場模擬, 無限長, 有聲 (2014); photo courtesy of artist
