Looking Outwards : 07

Conceived by Refik Anadol Studio “Melting Memories” offers new insights into the representational possibilities emerging from the intersection of advanced technology and contemporary art. A series of artworks are created by visualising different EEG(electroencephalogram) data collected. By representing the EEG data gives it a tactility that emphasises the materiality of memory. EEG data measures changes in brain wave activity and provides evidence of how the brain functions over time.

Anadol showcases his creative vision of “recollection” by translating the elusive process of memory retrieval into data collections. Melting Memories provides the viewer with revealing and contemplative works through the augmented data sculptures and light projections.

I find the way in which he broke down the various components of EEG data to produce these magnificent drawings which start to take on organic forms is fascinating. And how the title too relates back to the artists own experience with unexpected interconnections among seminal philosophical works, academic inquiries and artworks that take memory as their principal themes.