[spectre] read_me 1.2 under attack

[Olga Goriunova]

read_me 1.2
software as a work of art
or artistic software manipulations
http://www.macros-center.ru/read_me/about-en.html

read_me 1.2 was hacked today
our beautiful script is broken
the deadline will be extended
more info will follow soon

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read_me festival 1.2

CONCEPT can be found here http://www.macros-center.ru/read_me/about-en.html

IMPORTANT DATES:
Deadline: January 31, 2002 (will be extended for a few days)
Festival: 17-19 May 2002, Moscow.

The following types of work can be referred to as artistic software:

1. Instructions (read_me) for modifying standard, commonly used software, as well as patches and
anything that creates an artistic impact on software in a way not planned by the application's
producers.
2. Deconstruction of existing software products, including computer games.
3. Programs written from scratch with a purpose different than the usual "rational" software
purposes, i.e. the rejection of the idea of a program as a purely pragmatic tool. 

Since the curators of the festival do not consider it necessary for the framework of the artistic
software categories to be too narrow, contact the curators if you are not sure if your work is
suitable for read_me 1.2!
If you would like to take a look at sample artistic software works, visit our links page.

ORGANIZER:
"Macros-center", Moscow http://www.macros-center.ru