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Between the Veins

Materializing Memory in the Age of Digital Storage

What happens to a childhood stored behind a password? This thesis began with a simple moment of scrolling through my son’s photographs on my phone. As the images multiplied, they began to lose clarity, turning into an overwhelming digital archive. This made me ask: What kind of memories am I preserving for him?

Having grown up between analog and digital worlds, Between the Veins explores how I navigate memory through material objects and digital archives. Using weaving, images are transferred onto screw pine and palm leaves. In this process, digital files of his childhood are translated into organic fibers of shared memories. These durable materials introduce textures and variations that fragment the images, reflecting how memory is formed in parts rather than a complete record.

The resulting work is a tangible archive, inviting viewers to question the superiority of infinite digital storage by experiencing memory as organic, tactile, and embodied.

Alice Aslem

MFA in Design 2026

What happens to a childhood stored behind a password? This thesis began with a simple moment of scrolling through my son’s photographs on my phone. As the images multiplied, they began to lose clarity, turning into an overwhelming digital archive. This made me ask: What kind of memories am I preserving for him?

Having grown up between analog and digital worlds, Between the Veins explores how I navigate memory through material objects and digital archives. Using weaving, images are transferred onto screw pine and palm leaves. In this process, digital files of his childhood are translated into organic fibers of shared memories. These durable materials introduce textures and variations that fragment the images, reflecting how memory is formed in parts rather than a complete record.

The resulting work is a tangible archive, inviting viewers to question the superiority of infinite digital storage by experiencing memory as organic, tactile, and embodied.

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Digital vs Physical
Nature

Between the Veins

Materializing Memory in the Age of Digital Storage

Alice Aslem

MFA in Design 2026

Tags

Digital vs Physical
Nature

What happens to a childhood stored behind a password? This thesis began with a simple moment of scrolling through my son’s photographs on my phone. As the images multiplied, they began to lose clarity, turning into an overwhelming digital archive. This made me ask: What kind of memories am I preserving for him?

Having grown up between analog and digital worlds, Between the Veins explores how I navigate memory through material objects and digital archives. Using weaving, images are transferred onto screw pine and palm leaves. In this process, digital files of his childhood are translated into organic fibers of shared memories. These durable materials introduce textures and variations that fragment the images, reflecting how memory is formed in parts rather than a complete record.

The resulting work is a tangible archive, inviting viewers to question the superiority of infinite digital storage by experiencing memory as organic, tactile, and embodied.

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