amandine david

Programming language made of 0s and 1s finds its origin in the automation of looms, where punch cards generating the patterns bore either a hole or flat surface. On a computer screen, the lines made of 0s and 1s are mathematical abstractions for those who don’t read this language. Their logics seem depraved from any poetry, humanity or relation to their context. This abstraction of coding can be a risk as it generates distance with a language that also carries social biases and human responsibility of decision making. Because of its straightforward implementation in digital electronics circuitryn the binary system is used by almost all computer-based devices. By engaging in a dialogue made of drawings and short writings, Camilla Colombo and Amandine David explore how this mathematical language originates from the materiality of threads and what it means in its daily applications. What meaning can be instilled in devices throught zero and ones? How can an abstract mathematical language translate the complex sensititvity of human intuitions?

Collaboration with Camilla Colombo

Published in in Dixit Algorizmi - The Garden of Knowledge, by Sheida Gomashchi & Space Caviar. Contribution to the catalogue of the Uzbekistan’s pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale, 2022.

Programming language made of 0s and 1s finds its origin in the automation of looms, where punch cards generating the patterns bore either a hole or flat surface. On a computer screen, the lines made of 0s and 1s are mathematical abstractions for those who don’t read this language. Their logics seem depraved from any poetry, humanity or relation to their context. This abstraction of coding can be a risk as it generates distance with a language that also carries social biases and human responsibility of decision making. Because of its straightforward implementation in digital electronics circuitryn the binary system is used by almost all computer-based devices. By engaging in a dialogue made of drawings and short writings, Camilla Colombo and Amandine David explore how this mathematical language originates from the materiality of threads and what it means in its daily applications. What meaning can be instilled in devices throught zero and ones? How can an abstract mathematical language translate the complex sensititvity of human intuitions?

Collaboration with Camilla Colombo

Published in in Dixit Algorizmi - The Garden of Knowledge, by Sheida Gomashchi & Space Caviar. Contribution to the catalogue of the Uzbekistan’s pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale, 2022.