A Bit in the Abyss
metaLAB
Harvard University’s metaLAB has created a unique, multisensory experience that embodies the Internet Archive’s mission: to store all of the world’s knowledge in digitized form. The light reflecting in all directions and the audible processing of data will create a confusing, prismatic, infinite effect of light and sound. A Bit in the Abyss evokes the existential and aesthetic condition of information storage; as we digitize recorded knowledge, it falls into a virtual abyss, one of abstraction.
Project sponsored by THE EAGLE LEASING COMPANY
Presented in partnership with the BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET AND SOCIETY
