Microchip synapses 53 – Soul upgrade connector

Tinned copper wire, stainless steel chain, solder, hooks, eprom, 3D printed elements, installation size: 18.5 cm x 58 cm x 2.5 cm, 2026.

At the centre of the work, a discarded EPROM memory chip preserves the trace of information that is no longer visible. From this technological core, thin copper wires extend outward, transforming into organic lines that give rise to two symmetrical faces. Like apparitions emerging from a circuit, these figures take shape from memory itself, suspended between presence and data, body and machine.
From the upper part of the pendant, stainless steel chains unfold toward two integrated earrings, extending the composition into space and suggesting a physical connection between the work’s centre and the body that might one day wear it.
Although conceived as a piece of jewellery, the object is here removed from its functional role and presented as an installation. A fragment of a human neck, 3D-printed in plastic, supports the pendant, while two ears, also reproduced through 3D printing in flesh-colored material, hold the earrings. Detached from the rest of the body and mounted on the wall, these anatomical elements evoke an absent presence: an imaginary subject of whom only traces, supports, and prosthetic remnants remain.
The work explores the relationship between technological memory and human memory, questioning the ways in which electronic devices become repositories of identity, desire, and relationships. The EPROM, originally designed to store data, is transformed into a contemporary relic; its pins become veins, roots, and facial contours. The machine acquires human features, while the body – fragmented and artificially reconstructed – reveals itself as a structure to be read, decoded, and remembered.
Situated between jewellery, sculpture, and memorial device, the work reflects on the persistence of traces: what remains when the body disappears, and what continues to live on within the systems we have created to preserve memory.