This is a special content part of the "BIT ROT Project" series. Is the scanning of one of the medium format negatives, which was inadvertently damaged during the development process, thus creating a new layer of interpretation of both the image and the concept the project addresses within the context of waste and reuse.
The damaged image, not utilized in the final series, was only used as a print on acetate to replicate the transparency support of the negative and served as a flyer for the initial exhibition of the project in 2012 at the Rizhoma House Gallery in Palermo.
Bit rot is a colloquial term used in the computerized information systems environment to indicate the gradually decaying of data stored on storage medias or software over the duration of time.
In this case, the concept is transposed from a virtual reality, made of bit and software, to a material one, made of real people, things and places.
This reality is the research subject of the BITROT Project. Through photographic documentation, the project follows the international movements of the e-waste, providing evidence of illegal commerce and disposal and tells the stories of those who are involved, but also underlines green and sustainable alternatives that in many countries have already been adopted.
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