Enter the Machine

A portrait studio for digital entities

master-pnp-ppbd-00300-00358u.tif

Barack Obama’s official presidential portrait is the first to be taken with a digital camera; photographed by Pete Souza

The Subject of this Portrait

At the time this portrait was created, the subject was available online at loc.gov/resource/ppbd.00358/ 

Official photograph of President Barack Obama. He stands facing the camera in front of an American flag on the left of the frame.
master-pnp-ppbd-00300-00358u.tif

Attributes

Subject Name
master-pnp-ppbd-00300-00358u.tif
Subject Creation Date
01/13/2009
Subject Weight
5,910,520 bytes (5.9 MB)
Subject Location
loc.gov/resource/ppbd.00358/
Entities in Portrait
1 File
Entity Types in Portrait
TIF
Portrait Type
Individual

Portrait Details

Screenshot of algorithmically generated, vine-like, downward-hanging clusters of purple, lavender, and olive green pixels against a deep bluish-purple background
Portrait detail
Screenshot of an algorithmically generated jungle of vertically oriented pink, lavender, purple, and olive green pixel clusters against a deep bluish-purple background
Portrait detail
Screenshot of a brain-like mass of purple pixel clusters besotted with small clumps of olive green pixel clusters, against a deep bluish-purple background
Portrait detail

Enter The Machine portraits are interactive in different ways. Below are the supported interactions for this specific portrait.

ActionDesktopTouch Devices
Start/stop animationSpacebar or Hold tap for 2s then
Toggle sounds or Hold tap for 2s then
Zoom (stop animation, then) scroll wheelpinch and zoom
Pan (stop animation, then) click and draghold and drag
Rotate (stop animation, then) shift + alt/option and dragpinch and rotate
Fullscreenf–

Documentation of this internet-native artwork is stored permanently on blockchain should future changes in web-based technologies affect how it displays.

Permalink
arweave.net/RHQzy5jmSmLPKJF8z_p0eeB8F7w-LR4BnSq0ic4NcwQ
Format
video/quicktime
Resolution
1296 x 2304
Duration
3'03
Transaction
viewblock.io/arweave/tx/RHQzy5jmSmLPKJF8z_p0eeB8F7w-LR4BnSq0ic4NcwQ

Artist
Eric Corriel
Sound Design
Chris Child

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