The Lost Art of Memory
There is no time to study an art form, to submerge yourself in an archive; the search engine has eroded our skills at scavenging for information, through discographies, galleries, or libraries.
Thus the part of the journey usually dedicated to development, intentional consumption and tangible engagement has been erased to make space and time for mo
... See moreCulture has to follow the dominant modes of perception of a given era. While a twentieth-century building might have been designed to be photographed, the twenty-first century work of art is “designed for reproducibility” through algorithmic feeds…They each contribute and conform to a generic, flattened, reproducible aesthetic. Hence the general st
Maniac fun is gone — originality, unprecedentedness, creativity and surprise disappears when so much weighs on culture’s ability to spread through digital feeds
Now more than ever, as the role of memory in our culture erodes at a faster pace than ever before, we need to cultivate our ability to remember.