PULP_CRYPTION_P3.mov

PULP CRYPTION
- prototype for self-folding origami
Video to accompany text (below) and prototype @ Soft Technology Exhibition, Galleri 3,14, Bergen Norway. Opens 19th November 2011.

Pulp Cryption
- self-folding origami (prototype)
Amanda Steggell 2011


The issue: data protection

Many people are worried about having their identities stolen and consequently shred all kinds of documents that contain sensitive information. Yet such documents may be decrypted by painstakingly putting the shreds back together (as seen on CSI, etc). 

How could one protect oneself against such decryption?

The solution: encryption in three phases

Phase 1. Mashup
Use simple DIY techniques to recycle shredded documents as new sheets of paper to make decryption a virtual impossibility.

Phase 2. Camouflage
Add some extra form of camouflage, such as colour and aroma.

Phase 3. Special defense
As an extra precaution, make them further protect the data by folding themselves up. Hence the idea of self-folding origami.

The prototype on display contains all the information you need to steal my identity.
It has gone through encryption phases 1 and 2. I am still working on phase 3.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• pulp cryption
• art
• installation
• prototype
• self-folding origami
• Amanda Steggell
• Atelier Nord
• Soft Technology
• muscle wire
• shape memory alloy