Corrupt Media, Corrupt Data

2008
Sculpture
[FIG-01.006921.00006922]
Photo by Steven Miller
Materials
53 Business Card CD-R (corrupted)
Dimensions
3 1/3 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (8.5 x 8.9 x 5.7 cm)

Corrupt Media, Corrupt Data is constructed of business card CD-R’s that were used for a commissioned work intended as an edition of 100.  After 53% of the edition failed to duplicate properly, this stack of CD-R’s containing corrupted data on a media chosen for its aesthetic value rather than its reliability became a work in-itself. Corrupt Media, Corrupt Data questions the place of sound art in the marketplace and examines when—or if—a work gains its value.