Tubing Cutter, 2025. Gelatin silver print. From the series “Registry for the Future.”

Tin Snips, 2025. Gelatin silver print. From the series “Registry for the Future.”

T-Wrench, 2025. Gelatin silver print. From the series “Registry for the Future.”

Razor Blade, 2025. Gelatin silver print. From the series “Registry for the Future.”

Ratchet Wrench, 2025. Gelatin silver print. From the series “Registry for the Future.”

Nail, 2025. Gelatin silver print. From the series “Registry for the Future.”

Hacksaw, 2025. Gelatin silver print. From the series “Registry for the Future.”

5-in-1, 2025. Gelatin silver print. From the series “Registry for the Future.”

Clock Winding Key, 2025. Gelatin silver print. From the series “Registry for the Future.”

Chisel, 2025. Gelatin silver print. From the series “Registry for the Future.”

Chipping Hammer, 2025. Gelatin silver print. From the series “Registry for the Future.”

Crowbar, 2025. Gelatin silver print. From the series “Registry for the Future.”

Registry for the future

In 2049, a small team of research and recovery scientists discover an underground survivalist’s bunker in Orange County, North Carolina. The group had been scouring the countryside looking for varied specimens, seed banks and so forth. 19 years had passed since the Klepto Wars erupted, precipitated by climate disasters and effectively concluded in nuclear holocaust. Amongst the standard fare of Iodine tablets, emergency ration food bars, solar powered flashlights and handhelds, antibiotics, rice sacks and so on, the scientists locate a homespun catalog of technology — analog photographs of hand tools — labelled “Registry for the Future” on the manila folder’s tab.