The philosophy + first look behind Memory / Diffusion
While we're still testing and developing Memory / Diffusion (that we mentioned in our last Light Reading) we wanted to take a deeper dip into the why and how of our concept.
At our early concept meetings, Dr.J kept talking about a certain (Henri) Bergson. He tried to explain Bergson's philosophy on episodic memory and soon we were convinced (inspired) to explore further.
In a nutshell, Bergson’s point (regarding memory) is that images, samples, snapshots, representations of reality are not the same as reality itself. Instead, for Bergson, reality and existence is la dur ́ee (the duration), a process of indivisible continuity of becoming.
In turn, the "memory" developed by Memory / Diffusion will be its own, unique memory. Whoever or whatever walks past will build, grow, and become additive to the collection of memories experienced in the space and by the artwork. Students at the school are in a constant state of becoming and evolution–constantly reconfiguring itself and changing.
How this memory will manifest itself? That's what we're still developing through concept, hardware, visual language, sculptural form, and time.
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