Memory Cluster departs from the surviving records and impressions of Dissolution Painting, a 24-hour durational performance created during a residence at Wasserschloss Reelkirchen in Northern Germany.

On June 7th 2024 at noon, I began painting on a tablet for 24 hours, ending on June 8th at noon. The action was live streamed through two simultaneous channels: the human condition — a physical, spatial stream where viewers followed me as I endured the task — and the mind/eye condition — where they could watch the painting unfold in real time from the digital canvas. The piece began and ended with a short ritual. At the end of the 24 hours, I destroyed the painting. What remains are the recordings: the first-person experience and the real-time act of making. From this documentation, A multimedia environment with generative and time-based elements was created. The work is a meditation field that activates the exhibition space and reinterprets pre-existing architectural elements.

The installation consists of two video projectors operating simultaneously running generative videos. A canopy of layered translucent fabric hangs from the ceiling on stretched transparent cables. The overlapping layers of semi-transparent textile act as multiple projection surfaces at varying depths, fragmenting and diffracting the projected image into volumetric light across the room.

It is a cloud/mine where images and symbols are extracted and eternally recombined, unveiling rhizomatic connections between memory, the unconscious mind and the act of painting. An ethereal 8-point surround soundscape was composed from bits and fragments of captures from the Wasserschloss.

The piece is installed in a way that is affected by the passage of day and night, creating an interplay of natural and artificial light with shadow and the intricacies of the room. It is a performative space, it is activated by being appropriated by the audience.

Memory Cluster, 2024
generative multimedia installation, mixed media, HD video, 8-point spatial sound
variable dimensions