Royal College of Art Summer Show 2006 - Digital remains

A design for storing memories in the digital age, Michele Gauler suggests that in the increasingly digital terrain of our future we will no longer be able go to the attic and look through a box of old letters and photographs to remind us of dead loved ones. This kind of material is more likely to be stored digitally and found by looking through a loved one’s desktop. She proposes a system where all our personal information is stored on a remote server that is only activated when with a login key, the property of our next-of-kin. Once activated, one would have access to digital storage of a loved one and be able to hear the last piece of music they listened to, image they stored or email they sent. This thought provoking piece explores how we may deal with rituals of mourning and remembrance in the digital age.

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