Settle for nothing: materializing the digital

Abstract

This article explores the behaviour of subatomic particles in order to reconceptualize the presumed non-being or ‘nothingness’ of the digital. Drawing attention to the imperceptible yet creative forces at play in the subatomic universe inside electronic circuits, it advocates an appreciation of non-organic life forms as well as the more-than-human forces that constitute matter or – to be more precise – the process of materialization.