As historical processes increasingly become steeped in technology, it becomes more necessary for a discipline to emerge that is capable of comprehending these materialities to better understand the fields they inundate such as science, art, and warfare. This effort is further compromised by the inherent complexity and complete arbitrariness of tech
David Link is a free researcher and artist based in Cologne, Germany. In 2012, he received the Tony Sale Award for Computer Restoration from the British Computer Conservation Society for "LoveLetters_1.0," which was presented at the international contemporary art exhibition dOCUMENTA(13) in Kassel, Germany.