Forme digitali di serializzazione: Material Speculation: Isis

In 2015, Islamic State militants destroyed Assyrian and Roman statues in Nineveh and Hatra, Iraq, with the aim of erasing works considered to be false idols. This act of iconoclasm, documented on platforms such as YouTube, connects material destruction and digital continuity. From these images artist Morehshin Allahyari created Material Speculation: Isis (2015-2016), a series of 3D reproductions of the destroyed statues containing USB drives with data about the original sites. The essay explores the critical dimension of seriality and the role of digital mediation as a driver of reappropriation and reconstruction of meaning.