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Tabor Robak, Carbon

Mac: http://www.taborrobak.com/taborrobak_carbon_mac.zip

PC: http://www.taborrobak.com/taborrobak_carbon_pc.zip

Carbon is a piece of software for Mac and PC that looks at the transition between the real and the virtual. While some true qualities of physicality are lost in digitization this is made up for by creating new ways to communicate and new opportunities to use material and scale expressively. The digital landscape shares the same potential for abstraction as a dream while remaining more tangible. As we spend more time online and digital content increases in value the line between fantasy and reality becomes increasingly blurred. This is heightened by the use of smart phones, natural interfaces, and mixed reality technologies that we eagerly and easily incorporate into everyday life. With this piece I am considering the conflict and collaboration between the real and the virtual as well as the brief moment when consciousness travels between them.