Is the printed word obsolete?
"From the early 2000 onwards, computers started dominating. All the manufacturers of office typewriters stopped production, except us. Till 2009, we used to produce 10,000 to 12,000 machines a year,” said Dukle, general manager-operations, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company.
(http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/typewriters-about-to-becomepage-in-history/432497/)
Ephemera (singular: ephemeron) - is any transitory written or printed matter not meant to be retained or preserved. Wikipedia.
It would seem that all printed matter is essentially ephemeral...However, much synthetic plastic and latex, like diamonds, can last forever.
(http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://innovative-water.com/images/landfill_r67m.jpg&imgrefurl=http://innovative-water.com/Environmental_Benefits.html&h=324&w=468&sz=81&tbnid=A26PA9dUfVUnbM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=130&zoom=1&usg=__1-a3xa-eU8hmRLx0mV1W7lrYUMk=&docid=fZyMwgihLi3W0M&sa=X&ei=27P4UO7FIqaAiwLj3YCYDg&ved=0CDMQ9QEwAA&dur=929)
So when considering digital data, cyberspace, and techno culture, it is interesting to consider the role of technology in the landscape of literacy. As we continue to create and customize our digital footprint, particularly with Web 2.0 technologies, how does the tangibility and physicality of binary data fit?
Is digital data more eternal than that of printed media? Do these digital 'spaces' really exist at all? Where is the gatekeeper? Is god almighty just walking around with a giant thumbdrive, keeping an omnipotent archive of our accomlishments and tacky fallacies? Are these digital footprints going to leave a lasting indentation that allows the user to re-trace their path backwards, hath shit become to harry?
Justin Floyd 2013.
"The serious artist is the only person able to encounter technology with impunity, just because he is an expert aware of the changes in sense perception". Shanken.
Sensibility = Sustainability
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