1-channel film
ultra HD (4K), 16:9
video loop (2:57 min)
*presentation on computer screen in a metaphorical office setting, site-specific installation
Our internal memories as the complex datasets filing all information we encounter throughout our entire lifetime—stored physically within the brain in the shape of neuron-based engram complexes—are fundamentally unfixed and ever-changing constructs, constantly affected by contentual impermanence based on the unpredictable variability of synaptic plasticity and neuron collocation.
Through a close-up animation roaming over the high-resolution photograph of a cracked shoe sole, the typically overlooked and mostly imperceptible details of this everyday object are presented in unusual observability, finally becoming available to be inspected closely by the viewer. Accordingly, both the concept of memory traces as the neural networks underlying the physical storage of our memories and their inevitable temporality are introduced metaphorically by depicting multiple types of visible traces to be associated with our autobiographical experiences, including the relictual footprints we leave within our environments as well as the ephemeral decay of material goods acting both as visual evidence for and as a direct consequence of our earthly existence and the intricate record of unique occurrences we experience during our lives as physical beings.
In reference to the endlessly looping visuals of computer screensavers and loading screens, our memories are revealed as equally incomplete products which too keep on loading for all eternity without a clear beginning or end, instead being trapped in a constant state of flux, a never-ending metamorphosis resulting in existential instability.
(2024)