Terraforming Darkness

A large metal cube

with dark one-way mirrors on each of its sides. These mirrors allow visibility only when there is light inside the box; otherwise, they appear opaque from the outside.

Inside the black totem Terraforming Darkness, pulverized particles of computer materials used in the making of data servers form a pile of technological sedimentation.

Every now and then this interior “mountain” is revealed by means of a flashing light.

By foregrounding the material foundations of computational intelligence, Santillán addresses the world’s capacity for endless recreation.

Terraforming Darkness

Pulverized computers, metal, tempered glass panels, cylinders, LED lights