Physics Does Not Crash in Soft Time
Exposed 3.5 “ Sata Hard Drive, USB to Sata Adapter Cable, Laptop
2017
With value being both digital and physical, sentimental and financial measurements have become multi-dimensional and continuously edited to uphold their worth. Non-linear time is constantly edited and contained in the metadata of files while the accumulation of dust and degradation of the exposed hard-drive follows linear time. Distance becomes accessibility to files through software upgrades while also depending on continuous hardware location and maintenance . The work explores digital preservation as an act of continuous manipulation, which has structured contemporary documentation practices.