Expired Passwords

I wondered what remains of the concept of "access" when the keys we hold in our hands outlive the systems they were meant to protect.

In this project, I moved the logic of digital security into a physical, outdated dimension. I took each key and isolated it, stripping away its use through a repetitive and methodical cataloguing. In these photos, the keys are no longer mechanical tools; they look like strings of data that have lost their meaning.

I wanted the series to mirror the cold structure of computer code, where each object loses its uniqueness to become just a small variation in shape within a closed group. These keys aren't broken, yet they no longer open anything: the worlds they guarded no longer exist. In this archive of metal and shadow, function disappears, and only form remains. It is an inventory of denied access: the tangible proof of a digital identity turned into silent metal.