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Data portraits

  • AV Installation
  • 3555 Праглядаў
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Data portraits
[Тэкст даступны толькі на англійскай мове] The "Data Portraits" art series presents a sustainable and innovative way to store digital files on paper. Any digital file content can be transformed using a special algorithm which is also resistant to scratches and data loss, then printed on fine paper granted to last at least a century without any degradation. The prints can be scanned to retrieve the original files in their integrity, using a free and open source program published by the artist and written for the purpose.

This artwork innovates the field of data preservation with a sustainable technique that can resist mechanical shocks and electronic bitrot: it shows how paper can be used as storage for digital files, offering very different conditions of physical preservation when compared to magnetic supports. Beyond the artwork series, Data Portraits offers an efficient way to backup precious data (up to 15K per A4) and store it privately inside a book and even resist the hardships of electromagnetic storms.

The "data portraits" are made from different file formats and presented along a sample of random data. While the features of different formats are visible to the human eye as different patterns of data distribution, their content is intriguingly hidden.

The contents of the series are lyrical references to personal or public subjects selected by the artist and can only be retrieved by scanning all printed examplars for each series. Among them is the Bitcoin blockchain genesis block, portraits of European migrant survivors and even a bootleg of the 4:33 concert by John Cage.

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Аўтары

Dyne
Dyne

Netherlands Amsterdam

Падзеі

FOTONICA 2017
FOTONICA 2017
01 // 08 снежня 2017