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		computing the sublime on saturday 8th march
		The sublime is generally seen as something impossible to define and more or less unattainable. Conversely, the computer is seen as a tangible and very practical device useful in solving real world problems. It would seem a reasonable assumption that if one was seeking to approach or to reveal the sublime then amongst the least profitable of strategies would involve the use of computers. However, as is often the case, things are never as they seem. If we are to be so certain of our assumptions we need to look very carefully at what computers are whilst, at the same time, attempting to understand the traditional means by which people (in this instance, artists who work with computer programming) seek the sublime. How do we understand what the sublime is and what its relationship is to the making of meaning? How does this relate to the fundamental character of the computer as a machine that not only allows the artist to "write" but is, as a code based system, a form of writing?
		further info on simon biggs: www.littlepig.org.uk, www.greatwall.org.uk, www.babel.uk.net