The worlds of art and digital are coming even closer together thanks to the MoMA's acquisition today of the @ symbol. Unlike some other ephemera, the Museum didn't pay a penny for the symbol, nor will it claim exclusive rights to its use.
"The appropriation and reuse of a pre-existing, even ancient symbol--a symbol already available on the keyboard yet vastly underutilized, a ligature meant to resolve a functional issue (excessively long and convoluted programming language) brought on by a revolutionary technological innovation (the Internet)--is by all means an act of design of extraordinary elegance and economy."
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