Encoding Database

Anaïs Leu – Encoding Database

Faced with the changing role of the photographic medium through digitalization technological progress, Encoding Database represents fragments exploring the relationship between digital particles and the physical laws of image creation. By using the computer as an «infinite workspace» and as a scientific device, what I put together thanks to screenshots shows how photography can be modified and expanded into a specific vision of virtual reality. This enabled me to show the underlying details and dimensions behind a digital photograph.

Diploma project (2017) by Anaïs Leu

Faced with the changing role of the photographic medium through digitalization technological progress, Encoding Database represents fragments exploring the relationship between digital particles and the physical laws of image creation. By using the computer as an «infinite workspace» and as a scientific device, what I put together thanks to screenshots shows how photography can be modified and expanded into a specific vision of virtual reality. This enabled me to show the underlying details and dimensions behind a digital photograph.

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