first contact — Carmi Dror

first contact | occupation

2017 - ongoing

archive V- Living Archive of Human Trades

Started in 2017, Ongoing Project – Part of MDes Thesis at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design

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First contact | #The Sculptor, 2018

First contact | #The Guitarist, 2018

First contact | #The Watsu Therapist, 2018

First contact | #The Animator, 2018

First contact | #First, 2019

about the project
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How to preserve human uniqueness in the future digital world? A digital database of human hands catalogued by profession and field of interest?

Archive V is a digital database of human hands, cataloged by profession and field of interest. It is dedicated to preserving physical characteristics and actions in preparation for the future – a future where physical activity will be significantly reduced. The archive is being constructed while thinking of a future where physical information will be upgraded and optimized to such a point that individual human uniqueness will be lost. The scanner used for collecting hands in the database allows for a highly sensitive scanning that incorporates, together with the images, one’s most personal characteristics such as heartbeats, movements etc., captured as a disruption that cannot be planned in advance. In this manner we are able to convert into a digital format the unique and irreproducible nature of a person’s hands, leaving a most personal human imprint in the form of digital files.