MEMORY
ABOUT MEMORY:
Memories are stored in the human brain. It is the processing of information. Memories can be divided into long- and short-term memories. They are personal and make us who we are. People can have different memories of the same event. Some memories are living vividly in our brain while others seem to fade away. To get a grip on how memory is used in combination with art, you can find six terms which are connected to this subject: Collective Memory, Counter-Memory, Nostalgia, Memento Mori, Memorials, and Amnesia.
Ian Macmillan, cover of the album Abbey Road by the Beatles, 1969. London.
Pritika Chowdry, Endlessly, 2021. Wood and paint on wall, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Michigan.
Damian Hirst, For the Love of God, 2007. Platinum cast of a human skull covered with 8,601 diamonds, White Cube Gallery, London.
Michael Arad and Peter Walker, Resembling Absence, 2004-2011. 4000m2 pools with waterfalls and bronze parapets, New York.
