FAded Memory

Video of the making of the record.

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MATERIALS:
PROTEIN BASED BIOPOLYMER, VEGETABLE BASED SOFTENER

LOCATION:
TORONTO, ON, 2022

Description 

What if you could mimic the idea of losing a memory on a playable vinyl record, while at the same time making it fully impermanent and biodegradable?

I had just finished an album themed around memories, and I was curious if there was a way to make a “vinyl” record that would play song that only existed on that record like a lost memory, and the more you listened or “accessed” it, the more it would degrade and fade away.

The result is the worlds first fully biodegradable and edible “vinyl” record. The record is made using minimal ingredients which are 100% consumable and will fully dissolve in hot water in under an hour. The sound quality is what you would expect from a home made lo-fi record, but for this first chapter, it is highly impressive that it is sounding how it does.


Close up of record.

First failed attempt.

next steps

Stage 2 of this process has started in 2023 by refining of the material, as well as finding ways to embed other materials into the record which contribute to the story of the music contained within its grooves. There is so much more potential for this momentary object. This is just the start.

FAded Memory

Exhibition set up at Project 107 Gallery in Toronto, 2023.

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MATERIALS:
PROTEIN BASED BIOPOLYMER, VEGETABLE BASED SOFTENER

LOCATION:
TORONTO, ON, 2022

Description 

What if you could mimic the idea of losing a memory on a playable vinyl record, while at the same time making it fully impermanent and biodegradable?

I had just finished an album themed around memories, and I was curious if there was a way to make a “vinyl” record that would play song that only existed on that record like a lost memory, and the more you listened or “accessed” it, the more it would degrade and fade away.

The result is the worlds first fully biodegradable and edible “vinyl” record. The record is made using minimal ingredients which are 100% consumable and will fully dissolve in hot water in under an hour. The sound quality is what you would expect from a home made lo-fi record, but for this first chapter, it is highly impressive that it is sounding how it does.

Close up of record.

First failed attempt.

next steps

Stage 2 of this process has started in 2023 by refining of the material, as well as finding ways to embed other materials into the record which contribute to the story of the music contained within its grooves. There is so much more potential for this momentary object. This is just the start.