NEO Archive: From Death to the Digitization of Ourselves

  • Author

    Hantao Li

  • Country

    China

  • Duration

    00:08:28

  • Production year

    2022

  • Type

    experimental film / video

  • Video format

    16:9

  • Sound

    Yes

  • Category

    Artwork

  • Tags

    Sci-Fi, CGI, Simulation, Virtual Identity, Narrative, Identity Storage, Architecture, metaverse

  • Event location

    China

Humans use Archives to store a specific kind of material. Before, this is usually about books, photography, and other physical objects. But today it's more about data. Every move of an individual has been leaving digital traces, from photos and videos on social media to user portraits generated from browsing history. If we create those traces, can traces build a real me?

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