Modern ways of data storage provide us with seemingly infinite space. While these technologies are incessantly trying to appear elusive and magical, they are reliant on and made up of physical matter. This means they are tied to tangible limitations.
Digital Ruins envisions a future in which we are forced to leave behind vivid and experiential personal archives. In a dystopian, digital reality that leaves us powerless, we turn back to traditional and folkloric ways of self-defense to save ourselves and our memories.
Photo: Stefan Schönauer
Photo: Stefan Schönauer
Photo: Stefan Schönauer
Bio
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Photo: Mia TesićStefan Schönauer
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Stefan Schönauer is a multidisciplinary designer with a strong focus on the telling of stories and sharing of information through evocative, poetic and trans-medial works. Focusing on folkloric narration in digital times can help us settle into perceived chaos and crises while reconnecting with forgotten or untapped knowledge.
Credits
Stefan Schönauer in close collaboration with the Design Investigations Studio at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, lead by Anab Jain.
Presented in the context of the European Digital Deal project. European Digital Deal is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union and by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport.
