Fun photos
From
Wired:
Computer Guts Become Eerie Landscapes in Ghosts in the Machine
Mark Crummett thinks modern technology is beautiful. To him the devices we�ve built, such as computers, are not only functional, they�re aesthetically appealing. Especially on the inside.
�I like the idea that [technology] looks the way it does because it has to look that way,� he says. �A hard drive is made out of round and shiny material because of what it has to do and how it has to do it.�
Crummett says he�s tried to highlight that beauty in a series of photographs he calls Ghosts in the Machine. He�s placed model railroad figurines inside the guts of old computers and other contraptions, making the processors and transistors form a kind of otherworldly cityscape. Computer fan vents become postmodern architecture. Motherboards become strange new ecosystems.
�These people are surrounded by technology, technology has become their environment,� he says. �And that�s where we are too. Technology has become so integrated that it�s second nature to us.�
Crummett says he uses model railroad figurines because they�re the right size (.75 inches tall) but also because they�re dressed like they came out of the 1940s. Placed in the middle of a computer they become time travelers.
Many of the figures have their arms raised because they�re supposed to be working on locomotives. Crummett says he likes that posture because it gives them a sort of spiritual quality.
Sprinkled into the photos are some odd characters, like a bunny or a man in a hazmat suit. The bunny is a metaphor for a glitch, or a virus, he says. Something that might destroy your computer.
Really whimsical and sweet stuff. Thanks to
BoingBoing for the link.
Posted by DaveH at May 11, 2013 9:38 PM