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··· 36 36 37 37 **The Network** hosts 371 built-in pieces, 265 user-published, 2,800+ registered handles. The website has been in active development since 2021 (19,000+ commits across 5 years); AC Native is new, its kernel prototype landing February 2026. 38 38 39 - **The Library** is what makes the stack civic. A lending fleet of AC Blank laptops (refurbished ThinkPad 11e Yoga Gen 6, flashed with AC OS at $128/seat) circulates through Flash Days, workshops, and Family Play afternoons at LACMA. Members join a public waitlist. AC OS is the flagship; the library welcomes artists flashing their own custom creative OSes, in the lineage of Nick Montfort's Trope Tank and other artist-run hardware labs. 39 + **The Library** is what makes the stack civic. A lending fleet of AC Blank laptops (refurbished ThinkPad 11e Yoga Gen 6, flashed with AC OS at $128/seat) circulates through Flash Days, workshops, and Family Play afternoons at LACMA. Members join a public waitlist. AC OS is the flagship; the library openly welcomes artists flashing their own custom creative operating systems onto library hardware, joining a tradition of artist-run device libraries. 40 40 41 41 During the grant period we grow the library and run public events: 42 42 ··· 104 104 | **2. First Library Cohort + Pilots** | Spring – Summer 2027 | Open the library waitlist; run 2 pilot Flash Days at LACMA; first public borrowing cycle; assemble a prototype multi-station installation; publish v0 of the open-source build guide. | 105 105 | **3. 2027 Symposium · "We boot the cohort."** | Fall 2027 | **At Symposium, every laptop in the room becomes an AC Native instrument from a single USB stick. Cohort artists and library members flash AC Blanks together and take them home.** Public KidLisp workshop. Talk / in-conversation on generative computing alongside the 2023 cohort. | 106 106 | **4. Library Scaling + Extended Workshops** | Winter 2027 – Summer 2028 | Kiosk-mode hardening, library curriculum v1 (EN + ES), 4 additional workshops, returns-and-repair cycle for the fleet, complete documentation of the waitlist and lending system. | 107 - | **5. 2028 Demo Day · "We play the room."** | Fall 2028 | **A multi-station AC Native installation premieres on the LACMA floor. Family Play afternoons open the library fleet to visitors of any age. v1.0 of the open-source build pipeline ships alongside so any institution can run its own room, in the lineage of Nick Montfort's Trope Tank and other artist-run hardware libraries.** | 107 + | **5. 2028 Demo Day · "We play the room."** | Fall 2028 | **A multi-station AC Native installation premieres on the LACMA floor. Family Play afternoons open the library fleet to visitors of any age. v1.0 of the open-source build pipeline ships alongside so any institution can run its own room.** | 108 108 109 109 --- 110 110

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··· 97 97 \textbf{Spring to Summer 2027} & \textbf{First Library Cohort + Pilots.} Open the library waitlist; 2 pilot Flash Days at LACMA; first public borrowing cycle; prototype multi-station installation; v0 open-source build guide. & \$8,000 \\ 98 98 \textbf{Fall 2027} & \textbf{2027 Symposium ``We boot the cohort.''} Cohort artists and library members flash AC Blanks together and take them home. Public KidLisp workshop; talk alongside the 2023 cohort. & \$7,000 \\ 99 99 \textbf{Winter 2027 to Summer 2028} & \textbf{Library Scaling + Extended Workshops.} Kiosk-mode hardening, library curriculum v1 (EN + ES), 4 additional workshops, returns-and-repair cycle for the fleet, complete documentation of the waitlist and lending system. & \$15,000 \\ 100 - \textbf{Fall 2028} & \textbf{2028 Demo Day ``We play the room.''} Multi-station AC Native installation premieres on the LACMA floor; Family Play afternoons open the library fleet to visitors of any age; v1.0 of the open-source build pipeline ships, so any institution can run its own room (in the lineage of Nick Montfort's Trope Tank and other artist-run hardware libraries). & \$10,000 \\ 100 + \textbf{Fall 2028} & \textbf{2028 Demo Day ``We play the room.''} Multi-station AC Native installation premieres on the LACMA floor; Family Play afternoons open the library fleet to visitors of any age; v1.0 of the open-source build pipeline ships, so any institution can run its own room. & \$10,000 \\ 101 101 {\color{acgray}\hrulefill} & {\color{acgray}\hrulefill} & {\color{acgray}\hrulefill} \\[-0.3em] 102 102 & \textbf{Total Requested} & \textbf{\$50,000} \\ 103 103 \end{tabularx}

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··· 132 132 133 133 \textbf{The Network} hosts 371 built-in pieces, 265 user-published, 2,800+ registered handles. The website has been in active development since 2021 (19,000+ commits across 5 years); AC Native is new, its kernel prototype landing February 2026. 134 134 135 - \textbf{The Library} is what makes the stack civic. A lending fleet of AC Blank laptops (refurbished ThinkPad 11e Yoga Gen 6, flashed with AC OS at \$128/seat) circulates through Flash Days, workshops, and Family Play afternoons at LACMA. Members join a public waitlist. AC OS is the flagship; the library welcomes artists flashing their own custom creative OSes, in the lineage of Nick Montfort's Trope Tank and other artist-run hardware labs. 135 + \textbf{The Library} is what makes the stack civic. A lending fleet of AC Blank laptops (refurbished ThinkPad 11e Yoga Gen 6, flashed with AC OS at \$128/seat) circulates through Flash Days, workshops, and Family Play afternoons at LACMA. Members join a public waitlist. AC OS is the flagship; the library openly welcomes artists flashing their own custom creative operating systems onto library hardware, joining a tradition of artist-run device libraries. 136 136 137 137 During the grant period we grow the library and run public events: 138 138 ··· 210 210 \textbf{Spring -- Summer 2027} & \textbf{First Library Cohort + Pilots.} Open the library waitlist; run 2 pilot Flash Days at LACMA; first public borrowing cycle; assemble a prototype multi-station installation; publish v0 of the open-source build guide. \\ 211 211 \textbf{Fall 2027} & \textbf{2027 Symposium ``We boot the cohort.''} At Symposium, every laptop in the room becomes an AC Native instrument from a single USB stick. Cohort artists and library members flash AC Blanks together and take them home. Public KidLisp workshop; talk / in-conversation on generative computing alongside the 2023 cohort's work. \\ 212 212 \textbf{Winter 2027 -- Summer 2028} & \textbf{Library Scaling + Extended Workshops.} Kiosk-mode hardening, library curriculum v1 (EN + ES), 4 additional workshops, returns-and-repair cycle for the fleet, complete documentation of the waitlist and lending system. \\ 213 - \textbf{Fall 2028} & \textbf{2028 Demo Day ``We play the room.''} A multi-station AC Native installation premieres on the LACMA floor. Family Play afternoons open the library fleet to visitors of any age. v1.0 of the open-source build pipeline ships alongside so any institution can run its own room, in the lineage of Nick Montfort's Trope Tank and other artist-run hardware libraries. \\ 213 + \textbf{Fall 2028} & \textbf{2028 Demo Day ``We play the room.''} A multi-station AC Native installation premieres on the LACMA floor. Family Play afternoons open the library fleet to visitors of any age. v1.0 of the open-source build pipeline ships alongside so any institution can run its own room. \\ 214 214 \end{tabularx} 215 215 \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.0} 216 216

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··· 815 815 816 816 <span class="drop">The Library is what makes it civic.</span> 817 817 818 - <p>A lending fleet of AC Blank laptops (refurbished ThinkPad 11e Yoga Gen 6, flashed with AC OS at $128/seat) circulates through Flash Days, workshops, and Family Play afternoons at LACMA. Members join a public waitlist. <strong>AC OS is the flagship; the library welcomes artists flashing their own custom creative OSes onto library hardware</strong>, in the lineage of Nick Montfort's <em>Trope Tank</em> at MIT and other artist-run hardware labs. The library is how the stack gets into hands.</p> 818 + <p>A lending fleet of AC Blank laptops (refurbished ThinkPad 11e Yoga Gen 6, flashed with AC OS at $128/seat) circulates through Flash Days, workshops, and Family Play afternoons at LACMA. Members join a public waitlist. <strong>AC OS is the flagship; the library welcomes artists flashing their own custom creative OSes onto library hardware</strong>, joining a tradition of artist-run device libraries. The library is how the stack gets into hands.</p> 819 819 820 820 <span class="drop">What happens in the grant period.</span> 821 821 ··· 842 842 </div> 843 843 <div class="anchor"> 844 844 <b>Library</b> 845 - <p>A lending fleet of AC Blank laptops ($128/seat, flashed with AC OS) circulating through Flash Days, workshops, and Family Play afternoons. Public waitlist. Welcomes other custom creative OSes. Trope Tank lineage.</p> 845 + <p>A lending fleet of AC Blank laptops ($128/seat, flashed with AC OS) circulating through Flash Days, workshops, and Family Play afternoons. Public waitlist. Welcomes other custom creative OSes. Artist-run device-library tradition.</p> 846 846 </div> 847 847 </div> 848 848 </section> ··· 919 919 <div class="feat"><b>Spring to Summer 2027</b>First library cohort + pilots: open the waitlist; 2 pilot Flash Days at LACMA; first public borrowing cycle; prototype multi-station installation; v0 open-source build guide.</div> 920 920 <div class="feat" style="border-left-color:var(--pink)"><b style="color:var(--pink)">Fall 2027 · 2027 Symposium · "We boot the cohort."</b><strong style="color:var(--text)">Cohort artists and library members flash AC Blanks together at a public Flash Day and take them home; a public KidLisp workshop takes participants from first line of code to a running program on the museum floor.</strong> Talk / in-conversation on generative computing, alongside the 2023 cohort (Reas, Duke, Nickerson, Chang+Kelley, Porras-Kim).</div> 921 921 <div class="feat"><b>Winter 2027 to Summer 2028</b>Library scaling + extended workshops: kiosk-mode hardening, library curriculum v1 (EN + ES), 4 additional workshops, returns-and-repair cycle for the fleet, complete documentation of the waitlist and lending system.</div> 922 - <div class="feat" style="border-left-color:var(--pink)"><b style="color:var(--pink)">Fall 2028 · 2028 Demo Day · "We play the room."</b><strong style="color:var(--text)">A multi-station AC Native installation premieres on the LACMA floor; Family Play afternoons open the library fleet to visitors of any age; v1.0 of the open-source build pipeline ships so any institution can run its own room, in the lineage of Nick Montfort's <em>Trope Tank</em> and other artist-run hardware libraries.</strong></div> 922 + <div class="feat" style="border-left-color:var(--pink)"><b style="color:var(--pink)">Fall 2028 · 2028 Demo Day · "We play the room."</b><strong style="color:var(--text)">A multi-station AC Native installation premieres on the LACMA floor; Family Play afternoons open the library fleet to visitors of any age; v1.0 of the open-source build pipeline ships so any institution can run its own room.</strong></div> 923 923 </div> 924 924 </section> 925 925 ··· 968 968 <p><em>Aesthetic Computer: Personal Computers Are Not Done Yet.</em> The 1980s personal computing scene promised a computer that belonged to you; platform consolidation cut it short. AC bets a second scene is starting, with tools powerful enough to go both wider and deeper than the first.</p> 969 969 <p><strong>AC Native</strong> is a Linux kernel that boots directly into art on x86_64 UEFI laptops, running a custom C runtime as PID 1, with no desktop, no window manager, no browser. 32-voice audio at 192 kHz, DRM graphics, raw evdev input. A built-in <code>code</code> command drops into a terminal running Anthropic's Claude Code, so artists can ask an AI coding partner to modify a piece without leaving the OS. The default piece is <em>notepat</em>, an 8,466-line polyphonic instrument.</p> 970 970 <p><strong>KidLisp</strong> is a minimal Lisp with 118 functions. 17,000+ programs already written. Programs can be minted on Tezos without artists touching blockchain infrastructure.</p> 971 - <p>With LACMA support we grow the <strong>AC Device Library</strong>: a lending fleet of AC Blanks (refurbished ThinkPad 11e Yoga × $128) flashed with AC OS, circulating through a public waitlist. The library welcomes artists flashing their own custom creative OSes, in the lineage of Nick Montfort's Trope Tank. <strong style="color:var(--pink)">At the 2027 Symposium we boot the cohort</strong> (Flash Day + KidLisp workshop); <strong style="color:var(--pink)">at the 2028 Demo Day we play the room</strong> (multi-station installation + Family Play + v1.0 release).</p> 971 + <p>With LACMA support we grow the <strong>AC Device Library</strong>: a lending fleet of AC Blanks (refurbished ThinkPad 11e Yoga × $128) flashed with AC OS, circulating through a public waitlist. The library welcomes artists flashing their own custom creative OSes, joining a tradition of artist-run device libraries. <strong style="color:var(--pink)">At the 2027 Symposium we boot the cohort</strong> (Flash Day + KidLisp workshop); <strong style="color:var(--pink)">at the 2028 Demo Day we play the room</strong> (multi-station installation + Family Play + v1.0 release).</p> 972 972 </div> 973 973 </section> 974 974

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