Anderson started painting at a very young age, dissenting from everything the Western way of thinking was teaching. She became captivated by computers in the 1980s and the development of the World Wide Web in the 1990s. During this time, she began collecting used technological objects, printed circuits, and electronic devices, sensing that there was 'something else' at play beyond these objects.

 

The artist began working with wire in 2010 after dismantling an alarm clock and discovering a copper bobbin embedded in its machinery. That year, she developed her own weaving technique using copper colored wire, an eco-friendly material that symbolizes copper, representing the neuronal and technological connections of the internet's early days.

 

Anderson puts forward the concept of memorization (rather than wrapping or enveloping) to describe the gesture of encircling an object with wire. As she becomes familiar with the object, she memorizes the relationship with it.