Wednesday 6 January 2010



HELICAL HISTORY
(A tribute to Kimbomac and her Repeating Shapes and Patterns)
324GB of uncompressed data plus 125 minutes of 48kHz digital audio. DDS-3 (Digital Data Storage) was replaced with DDS-4, 5, 6, 7... and DAT (Digital Audio Tape) format officially died on the first of January 2006. DDS-3 tapes were used for data backups, but HHB DAT is still playable: Fleetwood Mac, "Tusk" (Live 1982)

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

One of my favorite songs and a fine tribute to Kim's theme!

Jujubie said...

I wonder if you found the right spot for the purple case instinctively or if you tried a few spots. I really like that this one is tightly set and seems so repetitious yet isn't really upon close examination. This would make a great poster.

kimbomac said...

Oooh, oooh, I am so excited! Thanks for the tribute. When I saw it, I thought, wow, that woudld fit into my theme! Apart from not being square...

But I totally love it, and the important placement of the one that is NOT the same, is very well done. I just love that. Interesting choice of subject too. Well done.

Isabella2006 said...

I'm really enjoying your theme, and your outstanding photographs too.
This one is terrific, and a fitting tribute for Kim too, very well thought out and executed!

eury said...

Awesome tribute to kim.. although not square, I'm sure she'll agree. And yes... this fits your theme very well; nice placement of the purple case

Andromeda5000 said...

Very effective and the placement of the purple tape is just right.

meerkat said...

Stellar. Absolutely stellar. Sell this, for lots of money!

essjaynz said...

This does make a brilliant poster!
I enjoyed learning the history of tapes while 'Tusk' was playing in my head.

secretatlantis said...

Brilliant tribute.

Amazing how fast technology evolves these years. I remember switching to digital tapes for music because minidisc was to expensive, it only lasted a few years. Now most of my collegues use a laptop or ipod when teaching dance. I'm stil using cd's though.

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