Marcello Mercado
CAPITAL -> Case: Files deleted
(Das Kapital -> Fall: Dateien gelöscht)
1999–2000 | 3 min. 05 sec. | 4:3, Color, Stereo

Following two and a half years of animation development for the initial phase of Capital, the generated visual data was subjected to systematic corruption using the erase-recovery protocols of Discrete Logic Inferno software. Through iterative deletion and retrieval cycles, the source material underwent structural breakdown, transforming the original sequences into a degraded, recontextualized visual field.

The soundtrack was constructed directly from hardware acoustics, capturing internal mechanical noise via contact microphones placed on active hard drives and cooling fans.