ARTIFACT (Circa 2006) (2018)
The archaeology of Identity.
Consider a world where all human communications are represented by numbers, a digital world. Imagine a future archaeologist finding a DV cassette from hundreds of years ago (a real found object, Circa 2006, full length and uncut). Imagine trying to decode this ancient digital object, codecs unknown, obsolete, hardware long lost. Crack the code? Available algorithms scan, databases compare, construct, deconstruct, reconstruct the artifact. 2006, the dawn of self-by-numbers, digitized identity. What human fragments, fugitive narratives, remain? Do we have a future history? What will the algorithms decide?
Director: Kirk Tougas
Runtime: 64 min
Release Date: January 1, 2018
Original Language: en
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is ARTIFACT (Circa 2006) about?
- Consider a world where all human communications are represented by numbers, a digital world. Imagine a future archaeologist finding a DV cassette from hundreds of years ago (a real found object, Circa 2006, full length and uncut). Imagine trying to decode this ancient digital object, codecs unknown, obsolete, hardware long lost. Crack the code? Available algorithms scan, databases compare, construct, deconstruct, reconstruct the artifact. 2006, the dawn of self-by-numbers, digitized identity. What human fragments, fugitive narratives, remain? Do we have a future history? What will the algorithms decide?
- Who directed ARTIFACT (Circa 2006)?
- ARTIFACT (Circa 2006) was directed by Kirk Tougas.
- How long is ARTIFACT (Circa 2006)?
- ARTIFACT (Circa 2006) has a runtime of 1h 4m (64 minutes).