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Backbone Festival: USB
16 October @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm AEDT

In theoretical physics:
– A USB that is full, is heavier than one that is empty. Mass is directly proportional to energy, so as the USB fills with data, it fills with mass.
– Electrons behave differently when observed. When we measure the position of an electron, it hides other information about itself.
– Information can travel faster than light. Particles communicate simultaneously with one another at a distance.
– There is a maximum amount of information that can fit in a finite space. When matter is pulled into a black hole, its information is inscribed on the edge of the universe.
Now that you’ve received this information, where are you keeping it? Do you have space for more?
USB is more ‘experiment’ than ‘show’, fusing technical design and episodic narrative in an exploration of what it means to be real in an artificial world.
Presented by Come Down Collective.
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