The Corrupted Archive is an artistic project that explores the implications of corrupted contents in our system of reality. Its visual aim is the creation of a generative collection through an open participatory process. Its form constantly evolves, shaped by the direct contributions of artists and the audience.

 The audience is called to implement the archive, submitting their personal corrupted files, thus supporting the growth of the raw collection. Give the chance to a neglected content to have a second life, becoming a collective resource for something bigger. At the same time, artists from any discipline are asked to contribute, using the archive as a generative matrix for artistic reinterpretations. Participate to open up new spaces for questioning and reflecting on our visual relation with reality.

The audience and the artists together build a visual research on the materiality we live in.

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The archive follows a non-linear structure, dismantling the visual hierarchy between contents. The display of elements is algorithmically randomized, making them traceable only through their filename. This means that every time you move through the archive, your visual experience will change.

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The premise of the project is simple. We live in a world where images come before reality, where the physicality of the world resides in the image’s matter.

What happens when an image falls apart? Does it mean a piece of reality is getting lost? The Corrupted archive is a project by artist Luca Spano, developed together with coder and artist Maurizio Lai.