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Digital Treibgut
Location: Across America
Type: Research
Year: 2018
A growing archive of found, 3D Scanned objects and their digital traces across America. Together, they are creating a collective image along the road.
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Treibgut is a German word that has no direct translation; floating goods. Originally it was used to describe, flotsam, floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo that were thrown overboard from a ship in order to lighten it or improve its balance. They might find new value with new owners.
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This collection of digital debris can be seen in a similar way.
Project Lead: Daniele Profeta / Maya Alam
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