In Cocoon, the hardware of the machine is presented in a state of
gestation. The central element are pieces of hardware with a
motherboard fragment, that has been densely, almost frantically
wrapped in green wire. This binding transforms the inert silicon into
a chrysalis. The wrapping implies protection, gestation, and the
possibility that the machine is undergoing a metamorphosis. It is no
longer a static object but a dormant life form waiting to emerge.

The
wrapping is tight, suffocating yet protective, mimicking the
biological process of pupation.
This act of wrapping serves as a modern ritual of Core Rope Memory
fabrication. Just as the Apollo weavers froze their code into
permanent copper ropes to ensure it could never be deleted or
corrupted by the vacuum of space, this work physically locks the
hardware within a protective weave. By hand-threading these wires
through and around the circuitry, I perform a similar role to that of
Apollo’s human compilers, turning abstract data into a physical,
weighted object. The green wire acts as a conductive silk, binding
the machine’s logic into an irreversible state. It suggests that our
digital memories are not ethereal clouds, but are woven, knotted,
and bound into the very fabric of our material world.