Invisible code

Code becomes a sub-title for multiple questions of visibility within the world (paranoia and conspiracy). Code is less than visible within contemporary networked systems, extending spider-like from interface to embrace the world; a vanishing point in all senses. At the same time, code references a secret use of language, such as encryption. The presentation examines the impact of necessary [in]-visibility on the study of software, and on experimental practices informed by both the free software and open hardware movements, exploring topics including paranoia and gnosticism, the executable, virus culture, pornographic protocol, and language as life coding under erasure.