Simonetta Fadda

Genetically Modified Words 2018

Sculpture project, variable materials, and dimensions

Dictionary of Genetically Modified Words

Environment = habitat
→ A computer operating system (for example, Macintosh or Windows)

Friendship = emotional connection between two, or more people
→ open membership on one’s Facebook page

Field = defined land or cultural area
→ reception zone of a mobile phone signal

Memory = ability to recall information of any kind
→ available computer / smartphone space to hoard data

To navigate = to sail the sea on a boat
→ to move from page to page or site to site on the Web

Net = wide weave texture
→ universal operating system for virtual communication

Desktop = the surface of a desk
→ the primary display screen of a graphical user interface on computers

Site = place
→ thematic container available online

no found English equivalents for a transferred meaning of the verb “to socialize”, but neologisms like “to sofalize”

Viral = concerning a pathogenic virus
→ Web content that attracts public attention