一張正方形影像*，上有未接電 HDD 硬碟，其碟片呈現磁鐵礦的氰版攝影。它以數位和雷射印刷版本存在。
HDD 硬碟透過電磁感應在高速旋轉的碟片上紀錄數據，氰版攝影則以慢速曝光捕捉世界。作品聚焦物質性，追溯時間的消逝和潛伏：從失能的設備、到古典的氰版、再到萬年生成的礦石。雙版本擴展對影像生命週期的關注，模糊「影像／載體」的界線。數位版凸顯 HDD 既過時又準時的狀態——目前個人電腦多已轉向固態硬碟（SSD，一種速度更快的硬碟），同時雲端仰賴的資料中心仍主要由 HDD 硬碟構成。印刷版物質化數位影像——以混有磁鐵礦粉末的雷射印刷碳粉，呼應 HDD 磁頭運作——使之隨時間自然老化、離我們而去。
*改自 Evan-Amos 和 Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com 的 CC-BY-SA-3.0 影像，兩者皆來自 Wikimedia Commons。
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A square image* contains an unpowered hard disk drive (HDD), its platter revealing a cyanotype magnetite. It exists in both digital and laser-printed versions.
HDDs record data on rapidly rotating platters via electromagnetic induction, while cyanotype captures the world through slow exposures. The work reflects on materiality, tracing the passage and latency of time: from malfunctioning equipment to classic cyanotype, to minerals formed over millennia. Dual versions explore the lifecycle of images, blurring the lines between image and medium. The digital version highlights the HDD’s both obsolete and timely state—while most personal computers now use faster solid-state drives (SSDs), cloud data centers still rely heavily on HDDs. The printed version materializes the digital image—using laser toner mixed with magnetite powder, echoing the operation of the HDD head—allowing it to naturally age and leave us.
*adapted from the CC-BY-SA-3.0 images by Evan-Amos and Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com, both of which are from Wikimedia Commons.