#DataDetritus

[laramzp]

A Sketch in Digital Decay (2024)

This hanging collage frame is a preliminary sketch for a larger installation, a prototype that condenses the core themes of my work- obsolete interfaces, digital artifacts, and the uncanny persistence of technological nostalgia.

Constructed from fragments of past interfaces and decommissioned digital aesthetics, this piece explores the tension between the ephemeral and the archival. The materials - printed circuits of lost data and reflections of outdated media - are arranged in layers, mirroring the way memory accumulates in digital space and windows open on desktop devices. Like corrupted files or glitched screen captures, the surfaces distort, refract, and fragment, resisting a singular interpretation.

By hanging freely, the frame exists in a state of suspension, untethered from traditional display methods. It oscillates between physical object and interface, inviting interaction while remaining an artifact of its own obsolescence. The final versions will be larger, immersive, meant to envelop the viewer in a landscape of broken systems and ghosted connections.

[lilmike]

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