mnḗstis; the (from ancient Greek μνήμη, mnḗmē, "mnesia" i.e. "memory" / "remembrance" / "recollection", cf. also amnesia and amnesty). In the neurological sense, the ability of the nervous system of living beings to encode and store recorded information, to relate it to other memories, and to recall it on suitable occasions. Figuratively, the word memory is also used to refer to the storage of information in biological, technical, and cultural contexts.
Mnesia is an attempt at a performative memory space, starting from the memories of the audience. Neurons and synapses are exercised, memories are overwritten, and between neuroscientific facts, magical realism and subjective imagination, possible collective histories and the forgotten believed are searched for.
Memories make people human. Remembering creates community. More and more, however, our own past is being stored on external hard drives, removed from the body. Always accessible, without loss. How can a memory be given value and meaning when our past is almost completely and permanently retrievable?
The digital foyer is open for these online presentations. If you want, you can grab a drink from your own fridge and meet a quarter of an hour before and/or after the event to exchange ideas and toast.
mnḗstis; the (from ancient Greek μνήμη, mnḗmē, "mnesia" i.e. "memory" / "remembrance" / "recollection", cf. also amnesia and amnesty). In the neurological sense, the ability of the nervous system of living beings to encode and store recorded information, to relate it to other memories, and to recall it on suitable occasions. Figuratively, the word memory is also used to refer to the storage of information in biological, technical, and cultural contexts.
Mnesia is an attempt at a performative memory space, starting from the memories of the audience. Neurons and synapses are exercised, memories are overwritten, and between neuroscientific facts, magical realism and subjective imagination, possible collective histories and the forgotten believed are searched for.
Memories make people human. Remembering creates community. More and more, however, our own past is being stored on external hard drives, removed from the body. Always accessible, without loss. How can a memory be given value and meaning when our past is almost completely and permanently retrievable?
The digital foyer is open for these online presentations. If you want, you can grab a drink from your own fridge and meet a quarter of an hour before and/or after the event to exchange ideas and toast.
Rebekka Bangerter | |
Rebekka Bangerter & Compagnie, Jorge Luis Borges und das Internet | |
Stephanie Müller | |
Dominic Röthlisberger | |
Deborah De Lorenzo | |
Andreas Wirz | |
Maxine Devaud – Maxinthewood Productions | |
Matthias Nüesch |
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Supported by: PREMIO, Kultur Stadt Zürich, Kanton Zürich Fachstelle Kultur, Fondation Nestlé pour l’Art, Albert Huber-Stiftung, Kultur Stadt Bern. |