Digital Dust
2021-ongoing, 3d printed e-waste, 80 x 60 cm
When you touch a touchscreen, you set off a chain reaction of tiny electromagnetic currents in the device. Nuyten, fascinated by the twilight zone in which human actions and the digital world merge, managed to visualise the wave motions that pass through the electrodes after a swipe. These patterns form the basis for Digital Dust, a series of 3D printed reliefs. The individual works have been named after the specific action the pattern causes, such as Airplane Mode On, Swipe Right and Refresh. The material stems from discarded electronics that were melted down. The books of the feminist philosopher Donna Haraway, in which they imagine a more liveable future, inspired Nuyten to make recycling an essential part of her work.
From left to right: Digital Dust, - Crop Manually, -Refresh, -Airplane Mode, -Notification Center, -Picture Zoom, -Organizing Homescreen. Overview exhibition Digital Dust.
Courtesy: Upstream Gallery Amsterdam and vanPlestik
Photo: Gert-Jan van Rooij
a.o. Museum CODA, Private collections
