DaTA GIRL
Phygital Artwork, 2025.
Minidisc Sculpture — 830x790mm
DaTA GIRL is a nostalgic and conceptually layered work that bridges the aesthetics of early digital culture with a commentary on obsolescence and memory decay. Constructed from a grid of 100 MiniDiscs (MDs)—a once cutting-edge Japanese physical format now discontinued—the piece forms a pixelated portrait of a girl, her features dissolving into glitches and digital noise.
The glitching effect gives the impression that she is being erased, lost in the very medium that gives her form. This juxtaposition creates a poetic tension: the subject is fading, and so is the technology holding her image. By using real MDs as the canvas, the artwork reflects on the fragility of digital memory and the inevitability of technological replacement in a fast-evolving digital world. DaTA GIRL becomes more than a portrait—it’s a tribute to forgotten formats, an homage to media once treasured, and a meditation on how we store and lose both data and identity over time.
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