Vid_20221022_000922_018mp4

The act of creating this file might have taken the recorder out of the moment, creating a barrier between the person and their reality.

While analog photos were cherished, curated, and rare, digital video files like this one are ubiquitous and often forgotten. They are digital "memento mori"—reminders that a moment occurred and that it is now gone, trapped within a file that may never be watched again. VID_20221022_000922_018mp4

VID_20221022_000922_018mp4 is a microcosm of 21st-century human experience: documented, timestamped, and rapidly forgotten. It is a testament to our urge to cling to time, while simultaneously highlighting the futility of storing life in digital, context-free, and often unviewed, data files. The act of creating this file might have