ARIN3610 Provocation 3 There is no such thing as “immaterial” media by wxhj li https://padlet.com/krista1751591939/w5cyy372p3mgt3kl Can you post an image or example of an “invisible” material aspect of media usage? Like servers, cables, mines, batteries, etc? Why is it invisible to us? Is its materiality concealed by design? en-us 2025-05-24 07:56:13 UTC 2025-05-28 04:28:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9e0.png The "cloud" is not actually in the sky krista1751591939 https://padlet.com/krista1751591939/w5cyy372p3mgt3kl/wish/3469255523 We often say "upload photos to the cloud" or "store in the network disk", which sounds light and abstract, as if the data is floating in the sky. However, these "clouds" are data centers located all over the world - rows of high-density servers that require a 24-hour, uninterrupted power supply throughout the year.

These material foundations are rarely mentioned, and are even intentionally or unintentionally obscured by the word "cloud". In fact, every time we open the network disk, every time we watch a video or read information, there is real resource consumption and material support behind it. The "cloud" is not an illusory thing, but an infrastructure that we are trained not to think about.

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