Watch Magnetic Tape Fall Like Water In This Hypnotic Video

Watch Magnetic Tape Fall Like Water In This Hypnotic Video

Japanese artist Ei Wada, who was born in 1987, belongs to a generation that spent middle school feverishly poring over cassettes to make mix tapes—until, of course, they were quickly outmoded by CDs, and then MP3s. Now, Ei makes art using the outmoded technologies he grew up with.

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This Short Doc About a Magnetic Tape Fanatic Will Break Your Heart

No matter how outmoded the technology, you’ll find someone who’s devastated that it’s gone. These people are in absolute denial about the old tech’s inferiority to the advancements that supplanted it. This is Micke, the Swedish tape nut. He is precisely the luddite we’re talking about.

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