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25 April 2014updated 05 Oct 2023 8:24am

Recovering lost Warhol artworks and Nasa moon photos is part of keeping digital heritage alive

As more of our lives ends up locked away in digital formats, what happens when we can't read them any more?

By Ian Steadman

Andy Warhol was commissioned in 1985 by Commodore International to create a series of artworks using the company’s brand-new Amiga 1000 computer, which – if you remember 1985 – you’ll know was an extremely good computer for the time, particularly in the graphics department. Digital artist Cory Arcangel, a fan of Warhol, found a video online of the artist “painting” a portrait of Debbie Harry, and naturally wondered where these Amiga pieces might have got to.

Here’s the footage, by the way:

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