Typing Instructions

Like the pen, the keyboard has become a powerful tool used in building worlds, playing games, exposing secrets, investigative work, and more. It served as a unique interface between the mind and the digital world.

June 1, 2007 kicked off a teleportation of a physical interface into the digital realm. The touchscreen removed the need for physicality in portable digital devices. What started off as a trend soon became a ubiquity. It went digital, and has come to serve more than one function, while taking up less space. Digital keyboards made it easy to switch between languages, use symbols, and emojis – all in one device. Convenience at its best.

Ubiquity brings with it a kind of forgetfulness. The item becomes useful — and consequently important — its significance becomes less about who or what made it, and more about its necessity.

Necessities, when available 24/7, are taken for granted.

By using the keyboard as a central piece in an experimental artistic style, typing instructions, spotlights the most overlooked interface.

As an artistic style, typing instructions uses the digital keyboard as an artistic, expressive element. Changing its role from a tool used to create (a paint brush of sorts), to a piece within the creation. Questioning the disappearance of ubiquitous items in the things they helped create.