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Anthony Sorace

We’re cleaning out what had become our “junk room” to turn it into our niece’s bedroom. Apparently some CD jewel cases had fallen behind the desk and into the baseboard heater and created some impromptu modern art.

I call it “the illusion of persistence of data in a universe ruled by thermodynamics”.

My partner calls it “thank god we didn’t catch fire”.

3-4 CD jewel cases melted together, making a sort of sculpture. It’s pretty recognizably jewel cases on the edges, but turns into a swirly, jumbled mass in the middle. It is almost as if it’s one jewel case going through some sort of transformation over time from one end to another. It has roughly a quarter-circle shape to it.
Another view in the jewel case “sculpture” from another angle. It is on a wooden surface against a white background.
Another angle in the “sculpture”, showing the more recognizable jewel case shape on what I’ve decided is the bottom.
Anthony Sorace

This is a dumb bit but it was worth the effort.

The "sculpture" made from partially-melted CD jewel cases on a wooden table against a beige wall with two art gallery-style cards taped to the wall describing it, from both my and my partner's perspective.
An "art gallery" card for the "sculpture", black Helvetica text on a white background. It reads: The Illusion of Persistence of Data in a Universe Ruled by Thermodynamics CD jewel cases, baseboard heaters Anthony Sorace (b. 1977) In the world of Information Technology, we hear about “permanent” storage for data and perfect digital copies. This piece reminds us that, in the end, we are always dealing with physical, analog artifacts subject to universal physical decay.
An "art gallery" card describing the "sculpture", black text on a white background, from my partner's (more grounded) perspective. It reads: Thank God We Didn’t Catch Fire CD jewel cases, baseboard heaters Emma (remainder of name and birth date blurred) Jesus, we could’ve burned the whole house down. This could’ve been really bad. Wait, you want to keep this thing? You named it “The Illusion of Persistence…” …what? What the hell is wrong with your brain? Do you understand we could have burned the house down?
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Alex ☕🇨🇦

@a this reminds me of the foundation series. When looking through the historical records, those that were not commonly accessed were just noise. Look back long enough and all you see is noise.

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Bruce Elrick

@a
I would say it was serendipitously brilliant.

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Sara Joy :happy_pepper:

@a I'm just like, how hot are those things?! I'm trying to work out if that would ever happen with our radiators...

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Anthony Sorace

@sarajw I am assured that these things don’t hit ignition temperature on any common materials, but I’ve also seen CD cases melt just from being left in a car. I would not be overly concerned.

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varx/social

@a I absolutely want to see this in a museum.

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