Leaks: Reflections of Digital World in Material Objects

Abstract

For the Leaks project, I developed a design method based on two key assump- tions. The first provides that each material object created in a given period re- flects current interests of culture. The second identifies contemporary culture as a phenomenon rich in digitally generated content and makes that content a medium for further work. The project assumes a reversal of the flow of aesthetic features of objects. In this case, it occurs from the digital to the material environ- ment, and is not an attempt of materiality to create and expand its digital layer but rather of digitality to recognize the stylistic features of the world of algo- rithms and implement them into resisting materiality. A collection of post-jewel- lery objects engages tools derived from the areas of algorithmic-aided design or additive technologies and collides them with traditional materials and methods used in classic jewellery. The area of these attempts is our face – it identifies us in both the digital and material world. Are we willing to accept the leaks of digitality in our everyday materiality and to what extent are our digital versions separate from the bodily ones?