User:Michaela/proposal
Generative koplet#1, #2, #3
are a series of videos shown in an
installation at SaraTimTrust during the
MuseumNacht in Rotterdam. (f.1, f.2, f.3)
Two of the video works consist of textual
and pictorial fragments of retrieved data
from hard drives(from generative black
and white maps, coordinates to a
production line of workers assembling
pineapples in Ghana).
Detailed description follows -->
SEE THE PROPOSAL page_2
The soundtrack of the videos is a slightly
distorted sound from a spinning hard drive
drawing presence in the physical world.
In addition to them the third video serves
as a behind-the-scene of the actual
recovery process, where I position myself
at the centre, placing the hard drive into
an ATA case and running the recovery software
documenting every step of my own.
Videos could be seen HERE-->
Generative_Koplet#1.mp4
The Err booklet
(work in progress)
The booklet looks at lost and found artifacts of data. It is rather a work_log of personal thoughts, observations, concerns and frustrations, which surpass the actual process. It aims to document and provide a visual essay, contextualizing the field of research.
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Untitled
(work in progress)
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This project aims to establish a dialogue, which could take a place in the online platform of DEL+REW, hosted by Goldsmiths postgraduate programme for visual cultures.
The open call DEL+REW / A DIGITAL EXHIBITION TO (RE)SOUND THE AFTERMATH invites artists, researchers to join in an ongoing conversation around the topic of erasure.
...how can we make sense of the act of erasure? Is erasure the scar of a cleansing operation or
itself marked by frictions and traces that could be touched upon?
A simple web page will host a file, for example an .img, .txt .mov extracted from the hard drive collection will be uploaded every now and then, constantly changing the content of the page. Then it is up to the visitors of the web page to decide wether to copy, share or erase the file or NOT. (f.6)
My intention is to create a system where I actually passed the decision whether to delete or share the content of the retrieved hard drives(files from that system) or transmit the moral and ethical choice YES!? or NO?
This way I am the mediator, surpassing the conflict to the public creating ambiguity or situation-based intervention.
Then what role we are taking as invaders, an interpreters or mediators?
A static html page with simple graphical interface
consisting of three buttons: (f.6)
Download button --> this button will enable
the visitors of the page to copy the file and to
store it locally on their machines.
Retrieve / Rewind button ---> this button will
enable the visitors to share the file.
Delete button ---> this button will enable the
visitors of the page to permanently delete the
file.
A confirmation alert window will pop up
underlying the choice.
