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'''''Unfolding Object''''' is a 2002 work of [[internet art]] created by [[John Simon (artist)|John Simon]] after a commission from the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]] in [[New York City]].  Along with ''[[net.flag]]'' by [[Mark Napier (artist)|Mark Napier]], it was among the first pieces of internet art to be collected by a major museum.

Simon has described ''Unfolding Object'' as "an endless book that rewrites itself and whose use dictates its content."  It begins as a blank square visible on a web page hosted on the museum's [[website]], but responds when clicked by visitors to the site.  Gradually the square unfolds, click by click, until it reaches a certain point, after which it begins to close.  The "pages" of the design are programmed to respond differently as they receive more clicks; vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines denote different numbers of previous clicks.  The colors of the square and of its background are both programmed to change hourly.

==References==
*[http://unfoldingobject.guggenheim.org  Unfolding Object at the Guggenheim website]

[[Category:2002 works]]
[[Category:Computer art]]
[[Category:Digital art]]
[[Category:2002 in art]]
[[Category:Internet art]]

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