Remembrance: Magma

Abstract

Remembrance: Magma is a 3D animation displayed in an immersive video installation that addresses the imaginaries of a mind as it is dying of dementia. The work was exhibited at The Jack Straw Gallery in Seattle through a solo show in April to June 2022. Remembrance: Magma incorporates machine learning, cutting-edge research on the aging brain, East Asian crafting aesthetics, and Korean shamanic traditions as it examines the nature of the brain as a sensor that desires data even as it slowly fails. Culturally intersectional, Remembrance explores world-building through the poetic and painful processes of memory degeneration.