Bit_Flip
When, occasionally, particles or cosmic rays collide with electronic data storage devices in space, bit inversions can occur (a bit is the smallest unit of information used in computing and can hold only two possible values: 0 or 1), resulting in random errors.
This phenomenon is known as the Cosmic Bit Flip.
Inspired by this cosmic unpredictability, Bit_Flip appropriates images of Earth captured from orbit and made available through the European Space Agency’s archive, reprocessing them to explore digital corruption as a form of visual transformation.
Through code manipulation, interferences are introduced that destabilize the original images, generating unexpected abstractions.
Bit_Flip presents itself as a practice of expanded photography at the intersection of image, code, and sound. By invoking error as a creative agent, the work invites reflection on representation, materiality, and chance as forces of creation and evolution.
