Enter the Machine

A portrait studio for digital entities

Me at the zoo.mp4

First video uploaded to YouTube, by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim, on April 23, 2005

The Subject of this Portrait

At the time this portrait was created, the subject was available online at youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw 

Still image video excerpt of a man in a winter coat at the zoo, looking straight at the camera, with an elephant in a cage behind him
Still frame from Me at the zoo
Still image video excerpt of a man in a winter coat at the zoo, looking straight at the camera, this time gesticulating with his hand as though explaining something, with an elephant in a cage behind him
Still frame from Me at the zoo

Attributes

Subject Name
Me at the zoo.mp4
Subject Creation Date
04/23/2005
Subject Weight
742,909 bytes (745 KB)
Subject Location
youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw
Entities in Portrait
1 File
Entity Types in Portrait
MP4
Portrait Type
Individual

Portrait Details

Screenshot of algorithmically generated, radially oriented contiguous clumps of pink and purple shaded pixels circling around and empty middle that reveals a soft pink solid color background
Portrait detail
Algorithmically generated streams of soft pink and purple pixels, vaguely all pointed southeasterly, against a soft pink solid color background
Portrait detail
Well defined contiguous geometric clumps of pixels with crisp edges and soft drop shadow against a soft pink solid color background
Portrait detail
A soft pink solid color river-looking-esque background dominates the middle of the screenshot as soft pink and purple clumps of pixels edge in from the sides
Portrait detail

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Permalink
arweave.net/r-quZp0dOifjx3LnojEYPx8KBpItrZfhaFbYybXseEc
Format
image/png
Resolution
2880 x 5120
Transaction
viewblock.io/arweave/tx/r-quZp0dOifjx3LnojEYPx8KBpItrZfhaFbYybXseEc

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