The Use of Memecode as an Operating System

After beginning the Memecode project and its application in the field of translation, I realised that I had a structure upon which I could hang many different ideas. The full body of working experiments that looked and read like a programming language, became decipherable upon closer inspection as the syntax and context was realised. As well as the main structure that Memecode used I wanted to further cover larger sections of plain text that were to be incorporated. The text to be included was first passed through a series of find and replace actions that substituted letters for numbers and key phrases for computer jargon and conventions used by hackers and programmers in the Usenet online forums. This would allow me to create more meaningful Memecode and a deeper level of communication.

I planned to use the code to encrypt a narrative, as by breaking down a story into its various composites I could present a complex plot in very simple terms. The Memecode structure first introduces the genre, setting, characters, locations, main themes and ideas before moving to the main narrative. Then, this is broken down into chapters and further subdivided into the key events, responses and outcomes. Thus, I knew I could begin creating a story that would exist as an encrypted set of code, but could also be presented as the programming language for a fictional computer. If this was to be a programming language, then what would the end result be? What would be rendered by the fictional computer that could understand it? If Memecode was the language behind a new operating system, what kind of environment would be created? It was here that I fixated upon the idea of the Memecom Gateway Operating System, a fake computer environment that concealed a story in its files and folders al relating to the main narrative that was embedded in the very code that formed the interface.