Maintenance and repair
CYBER-POETICS // SERIES 03
Things fall apart and it feels like every time we fix something new problems arise
Drawing directly from Steven Jackson's formulation of broken-world-thinking, this digital poem shifts focus away from technological novelty and toward the fragile, ongoing labor of upkeep. Across the canvas, individual letters composing the words “repair,” “and,” and “maintenance” fall away on their own, destabilizing the composition.
THE ETHICS OF MAINTENANCE
How do we think through the ongoing care, attention, and upkeep required to keep things functioning and lasting over time?
The effort it takes to keep things going.
Click and drag a fallen letter back into place to repair it — another will fail the moment you do. Such is life.
Maintenance and repair seeks to prompt reflection on the fragility of digital machinery. Through relentless gravity, unending march of entropy, and manual restitution, each character reminds us that every digital surface demands constant labor to hold it and its meaning together, fix one fracture, and another immediately gives way.