Specimen 21 - Memory Valve

Specimen 21 – Echo Capsule

Artifact Log — Day 127

A compact mechanism positioned between retention and release.
The form suggests a manual interface — a point where memory can be regulated rather than stored.

The raised valve element interrupts the otherwise sealed body, introducing the possibility of controlled discharge.
Its scale implies intimacy: an artifact meant to be adjusted by hand, not observed from distance.

Reflective glazing collapses interior and exterior, erasing clear boundaries between what is held and what is remembered.

As an artifact, the object does not preserve memory.
It governs when forgetting becomes permissible.

Dimensions: W 8 cm × D 6 cm × H 5.3 cm
Materials: Stoneware, mirror glaze

Unearthed Artifacts: Post-Cyberpunk Relics from a Forgotten Future presents a series of ceramic works that sit at the intersection of speculative archaeology and cyberpunk futurism. Vancouver-based artist Wilson Makgawinata forms these bulbous, pressure-like vessels through a hybrid process of wheel throwing and handbuilding, pushing clay beyond its familiar functions. Small modular components such as screws, plugs, and spherical nodes are slip-cast and integrated as functional-looking attachments, creating a visual language of connectors, ports, and interfaces.