Pod Field is a set of seven ceramic ovals that serve as repositories of human experience. Imprinted on their surfaces, sequences of “1s” and “0s” translate specific moments of grief, joy, and imagination into the fundamental language of computing: 8-bit binary code.

The work was motivated by the loss of a physical photograph of myself and my late grandmother, prompting a reflection on our daily compulsion to digitize experiences and entrust memories to cloud-based storage systems. It raises the question: What distinguishes the memories we cache from the ones we actually possess?

Together, the pods form a primitive data field, loosely inspired by the image-based record keeping of ancient Greek amphoras. The binary sequences are selected according to two criteria: first, they must carry narratives that have never been digitally recorded; and second, they represent moments of “becoming”—experiences of intuition and perception that distinguish the human condition from artificial computation.

Suspended from a tripod in an ambiguous configuration, the pods evoke a supernatural journey, suggesting something either recently returned or soon to depart. With them, they carry an archive of what it means to be a living, feeling human being.