Enter the Machine

A portrait studio for digital entities

RANSOMWARE-WANNACRY-2.0

Launched in May, 2017, WannaCry infected over 230,000 Windows computers and caused billions in damages, making it one of the most harmful computer viruses ever released

The Subject of this Portrait

At the time this portrait was created, the subject was available online at github.com/chronosmiki/RANSOMWARE-WANNACRY-2.0 

Screenshot of virus software mostly showing white text in a red background. Text on the screen starts, ‘Ooops, your files have been encrypted! What Happened to My Computer?’ with a countdown timer on the left and a Bitcoin payment button on the bottom.
Screenshot of a computer infected with the WannaCry virus

Attributes

Subject Name
RANSOMWARE-WANNACRY-2.0
Subject Creation Date
05/14/2017
Subject Weight
3,514,368 bytes (3.5 MB)
Subject Location
github.com/chronosmiki/RANSOMWARE-WANNACRY-2.0
Entities in Portrait
1 File
Entity Types in Portrait
EXE
Portrait Type
Individual

Portrait Details

Slightly zoomed image of an algorithmically generated animation of a deep red, starfish-like tentacled mass of pixels blob arms rotating around a clumpy center point against a glowing radioactive green background that dissolves into reddish-black the further it gets from the center
Portrait detail
Screenshot of a highly zoomed in clumpy mass of blood red, orange-yellow, and radioactive green pixels that almost completely obscure a burgundy red background
Portrait detail
Highly zoomed in screenshot of a series of clumpy red masses of pixels, punctuated by dark ravines of black pixels; with an opening towards the upper right of the image through which shines a glowing green orb with red pixels swarming around it
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
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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/5emwz9PdnEEcAgKlSzjsMGN5doD1USUARWiZKPRBm44
Format
video/quicktime
Resolution
1296 x 2304
Duration
13'21
Transaction
viewblock.io/arweave/tx/5emwz9PdnEEcAgKlSzjsMGN5doD1USUARWiZKPRBm44

Artist
Eric Corriel
Sound Design
Chris Child

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