64 BITS

Website Development, Exhibition Curation

Live

Appearing as a standalone exhibition at Here East in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, 64-BITS consisted of 32 historic websites and 32 examples of computer art. The show was supported by The British Library, the Centre for Computer History, Soul Labels and Aesop Agency

64 Bits takes the visitor through some of the most important moments in the history of the web

creativereview.co.uk/64-bits-trip-www-memory-lane/

Interactive Phone

When picked up, played the old dial-up connection sound through the phone’s handset, using an Adafruit sound board wired to the handset speaker and handset latching mechanism.

ASCII Cam

Displayed a live ASCII version of the images captured by the camera pointed at the users, using a Raspberry Pi mounted inside the camera, running a custom Python application.

Boulton believes the exhibit can offer inspiration to creatives today too, in the form of the web pioneers’ approach to design.

thedrum.com/news/2017/04/11/life-64-bits-lessons-creativity-the-early-and-forgotten-designers-the-early-web

Dot Matrix Printer

Printed the images captured by the ASCII camera at the opposite end of the exhibition, using a Raspberry Pi Zero and Python application to communicate with the camera and printer.