This project was in collaboration with the National Library of the Netherlands and part of the publication How Would You Like to Get Lampooned, My Lord? For this publication artists of the Non Linear Narrative Master's program of the Royal Academy of Art The Hague got to research the alba amicorum collection of the National Library. Alba amicorum are an early form of the friendship book.

The alba amicorum collection at the National Library of the Netherlands is fragile. All its contents are on physical materials exposed to natural forces, innately decomposing over the grand spans of time during which they are kept. In part to archive the alba, the library is digitalising their collection. Replacing physical records with computerised systems is formally called dematerialising, implying a common idea that the digital is unlike the material. Yet, our digital data is as much in danger of rotting away as our material data. Bit rot and software rot are two processes that demonstrate the frail nature of our digital worlds. All Rots Bit by Bit explores the similar processes of decay of physical and digital data. Macro photography of damaged pages from the alba amicorum collection are rendered into an increasingly decaying digital landscape, bringing both worlds of decomposition together. The artist's contribution ends with a corrupted image of an album found on the library's own online archive, demonstrating their digital collection is already rotting.