Aram Bartholl, Nadja Buttendorf, Post Snowden Nails, 2016. nailart, five micro SD cards glued to finger nails, total capacity 128 GB, curated digital content. dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. The 10th Seoul Mediacity Biennale Eu Zên. Seoul Musuem of Art. 2018. Photo: studio SUJIKSUPYUNG (Yoo Yonggi+Hong Choelki)
Aram Bartholl, Nadja Buttendorf, Post Snowden Nails, 2016. nailart, five micro SD cards glued to finger nails, total capacity 128 GB, curated digital content. dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. The 10th Seoul Mediacity Biennale Eu Zên. Seoul Musuem of Art. 2018. Photo: studio SUJIKSUPYUNG (Yoo Yonggi+Hong Choelki)
Aram Bartholl, Nadja Buttendorf, Post Snowden Nails, 2016. nailart, five micro SD cards glued to finger nails, total capacity 128 GB, curated digital content. dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. The 10th Seoul Mediacity Biennale Eu Zên. Seoul Musuem of Art. 2018. Photo: studio SUJIKSUPYUNG (Yoo Yonggi+Hong Choelki)
Post Snowden Nails is a collaboration project of Aram Bartholl and Nadja Buttendorf, which was done during Nadja’s Nail Art Residency in 2016. Post Snowden Nails is a set of five micro SD cards glued to the fingernails of one hand. Each card contains a different set of data, which can be accessed with the help of a SD-card-USB adapter. Each data fingernail can be plugged directly into a computer USB port (or phone), in some cases an extension cable might be useful.
