User:ThomasW/MyHard-DriveDied V2
My Hard Drive Died Along with my heart #Help!
The project exist now as a prototype in the form of “My Hard Drive Died” where I transmit 750 stories gathers from twitter true one old drive that is reworked as a speaker. The voice is done with a synthesizers voice as it make it more as a voice that comes from the hard-drive itself, but there is issues with the project, I will explain the issues.
Where it failing
- It can be experiences as a bit of a gimmick and can distract people from the message.
- I can not add on more drives, as this does not help the project, it only makes more of the same.
- Mechanical drives are on their way out so the project is getting more outdated for everyday, (not to big issue as this just addresses the problem with obsolescence in the project)
- My idea was too use computer voice as the voice, but again.. can be to big distortion.
Where to go with it
- Publish the tweets in printed from, this makes the audince read it in their own voice and will help people relate to the content better.
- Make a collection of work that all a different or address the different issues of xxxxxxxxxx that all can/will be published in a book, but that can/will on different formats, paper size or storage mediums.
- On big issue is the loss of control, so why not collect all of the work in archive boxes and then the audience need themselves figure out how to organize the work..store them all in the box, but the different formats in their box-self?
- Connect the issue of failing technology,formats ++ between the content and the formats.
- The thesis or other texts online, posted on different servers and then will be left online untill the text slovley dispares online becouse of "link-rot" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_rot "link-rot"
On work of inspiration can be Marshall McLuhan was here. He left a message for you.
Marcel Duchamp - Box in a Valise
Aspen 5+6
Maybe the project can be the size of the content of a standard archive box?
http://www.harolds.nl/p/papier/verpakkingsmaterialen/archiefdozen/archiefdozen
Content
The "book/box" can/will contain different formats, all containing different content, part of the piece is the inaccessibility for the audience to get to some of the content because of the formats are or getting outdated.
- My Hard-Drive, along with my heart #help (Printed)
- Thesis (Printed) + web (different chapters on different servers around the world, will die - link rot
- Video
- Audio
- Interviews with the people how have tweeted and ask them what and how did it happen.
- Interiview other others from the street,friends++++
- Interivew at design studios to ask them how they archive their design, digial +++
Printed Prototypes & Tests
PICTURE COMING
Project Over the new page ... Find it here