IBM, Burlington, Vermont
Dynamic Random-Access Memory Chip (DRAM) 1982
Paper, silicon, and microchip
Manufactured by IBM, East Fishkill, NY
Gift of the manufacturerAlthough not designed for aesthetic appeal, this diagram illustrates the intricacy and aesthetic power of a small and oft-hidden object. Memory chips are used to store enormous quantities of data and, often measuring only tenths of an inch in size, are the densest of all integrated circuits; laid out in tabular form, they are primarily one cell repeated thousands of times in an impenetrable grid. Originally acquired by curator Cara McCarty for her 1990 exhibition Information Art: Diagramming Microchips, the complex pattern of this diagram evokes an aerial view of a landscape or an abstract geometrical painting.
Paola Antonelli
Senior Curator, Architecture & Design Director, Research & DevelopmentBarbara Eldredge
Research Coordinator, Research & DevelopmentMuseum of Modern Art
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“Fashion model with llamas, Cusco, Peru”, - photo by Toni Frissell for Harper’s Bazaar, January 1952.
Janina McCormack, “Untitled (DS 003)” (2013)
Collage on paper
11.7 x 16.5” (29.7 x 42 cm)
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