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held a "self surveillance" contest where readers submitted visualizations of data they collected about themselves or their surroundings. The winner is
Tim Graham who collected and visualized data about the email spam he receives, how much he drinks (not just alcohol), and, as seen above, where it hurts. Stunning examples of what Gary Wolf and Kevin Kelly call
the quantified self , BB pal Gary Wolf's notion that you can plug into a power outlet. Massive tonnage of insanely strange circuitry goes in and out of that place on a daily basis. To share some of those curiosities with the world, the ACCRC has launched "
It Ain't Dead Yet ," a blog for showcasing "new and/or unusual pieces of technology, identifying them, and finding their values (historical value/practical use/$ value)." Seen above is a wire recorder (circa 1945-1955) that stores audio by magnetizing a reel of fine wire. The folks at ACCRC plan to convert digital data into audio and store it on a wire reel. Just for kicks. From the description of It Ain't Dead Yet:
It serves the purpose of documenting all the interesting and weird technology that passes through the ACCRC. There will be many pieces of unidentified technology showcased here, so feel free to comment about their values/uses. All of the technology here was donated/recycled to the ACCRC, and once it has been incinerated to ash by an institutional practice. Is it possible that some form of spirit lives on as well?”
Buy Library of Dust photographs. The show opens tonight and runs through October 4. From the Haines Gallery announcement: Maisel began working with themes of memorialization in the 1980s, when he made aerial photographs of sites that had undergone traumatic environmental impact. His earlier work considered vast mineral deposits and copper mines, and it was in part Maisel’s ongoing involvement with the materiality of copper that led him to the Library of Dust
(Amazon)
