Soft Data : Photography, memory, and material decay — an artistic research project that gives physical form to digital traces through photographic processes. The work explores how digital remnants — images and messages that persist beyond the body — rely on fragile material infrastructures. Drawing on theories of the digital afterlife and posthuman materiality, the project challenges the notion of digital permanence by allowing memory to physically degrade.

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‍Soft Data: Photography, Memory, and Material Decay — an artistic research project that materializes digital traces through photographic processes. The work investigates how digital remains — images and messages that persist beyond the body — are dependent on fragile material infrastructures. Drawing on digital afterlife theory and posthuman materiality, the project challenges assumptions of digital permanence by allowing memory to decay materially.