For this piece, I invented a photographic process
that was destined to fail.The ‘Carrolltype’ (patent-pending)
consists of heavy, iron-rich plates reclaimed from sunken ships.
The plates are polished, sensitized, exposed, and processed
only to deteriorate within 6-12 months. I used the Carrolltype
process to document various other processes we use to store
images and sound. My aim is to make plainly clear that the
external vessels we use to contain our memories are
just as ephemeral as the memories themselves.

Installation / Initial State

Ipod

Dagguereotype

45 RPM Record

Micro-cassette

8mm Film

3.5" Diskette

Memory Stick

Mini Disc

Mini CD

Laserdisc

35mm Slides

Xerox

Hi-8

DAT

Jaz

16mm Film

VHS Cassette

Super-8 Film

SmartMedia

Magic Lantern Slide

5.25" Diskette

Betamax

Photogravure

33 RPM Record

DVD-RAM

Stereograph

8mm Tape

Advanced Photo System

Tintype

Off-set Lithograph

35mm Film