
Digital Decay III
8 months ago
This quote is taken from Douglas Davis' essay, "The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction," which argues (in part) that unlike analogue signals, which are like waves crashing upon a beach and losing clarity with every ebb of the tide, digital bits "can be endlessly reproduced, without degradation, always the same, always perfect."
This video is an animation of the process of saving an image file in continuously lower file formats over hundreds of times.
This video is an animation of the process of saving an image file in continuously lower file formats over hundreds of times.
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You can find the essay here:
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