Eidetic Memory

From Rhizome Artbase
2001
Description

Eidetic, or "photographic," memory is the ability to recall images at will. But what happens when the emotions associated with them are unwanted? Eidetic Memory is a visual, emotional record of twenty-five moments from a very bad day in Berlin.

Rhizome staff
2021

Eidetic, or "Photographic" memory is the ability to recall images into the mind at will. Beyond the ability to simply remember details, an Eidetiker actually holds a pictorial image in memory; he or she can 'project' remembered images onto surfaces, or combine remembered images to make a combined image.
As a concept it's the stuff of daydreams. How much simpler your life would be with the ability to recall an exact image of, to name just a few, a map, directory, or textbook page. But what happens when the images and emotions associated with them are unwanted? Is the Eidetiker cursed with exact recall in this case?
Here, then, is a visual/emotional record of 25 moments from a very bad day in Berlin.

Rick Mullarky
4 November 2002
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Rick Mullarky, Berlin
Attribution: Rick Mullarky
allegory, Generative, Narrative, Animation, death, identity, immersion, interface, language, memory, posthuman, Flash, HTML, Visual
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2001
Rick Mullarky
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4 November 2002
cloning
Rhizome staff