Terry Cole’s “Patient Object” (2022) aims to explore the digitization of memory. Filmed entirely on a flip phone, the piece embraces its “compressionist” and pixelated nature. Familiar B-roll subjects of landscape and people are awash in a haze of nostalgic impermanence. Due to the known aesthetic of the out-of-date digital technology, the viewer is aware of the existence of the camera, sparking thoughts on the human need for documentation. Where do our recorded memories live?
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Digital America interviewed Terry Cole in November 2023.
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Terry Cole is an artist working in painting, drawing, and photography. He is currently enrolled at Tufts University (c/o 2025) and will graduate with a combined degree (BFA + BA) in Painting/Drawing and Art History. His work both leverages and inquires into the implicit languages that images take on in the digital era.
