In mathematics, the sum of a fixed set of numbers is equal to the set, but is not itself the set. The function defines the conditions of the set, but it too is not itself the set. A graph which plots all points in the set may represent it, but of course, is not itself the set.



The binary structure allows complex images, sounds, and programs to be encoded, stored, and freely reproduced via a series of zeros and ones, thereby rendering the probability of anything, all things, as 50%. The numbers which make up a piece of data are either zero/one, lights are either on/off, circuits open/closed, a person is waking/asleep, alive/dead, here/not here, and any event, all events, either happen or they don’t.



Consider Bazin’s theory that the power and responsibility of cinema is to approach absolute reality, and therefore divinity, that the documentary image captures a “Holy Moment” of transcendence. Consider then what he would think about computers, their ability to not only capture but perfectly produce and reproduce images, realities, through simple encoding. Consider a locked room with no windows, doors, or walls. Consider that a photocopier destroys as much as it creates. Consider that a topological map of a tunnel would yield one opening, not two. consider the things that go missing and never come back. Consider the possibility that, at any moment, the new world is coming.