MEMORY PALACE
ES DEVLIN, 2019
CNC CUT BAMBOO, MIRROR, EARTHBORN CLAYPAINT, 3D PRINTED SLA
17500 X 6500 X 3900MM
MEMORY PALACE IS A NEW SCULPTURE WHICH FILLS THE GALLERY SPACE WITH A VAST CHRONOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE MAPPING PIVOTAL SHIFTS IN HUMAN PERSPECTIVE OVER SEVENTY-FIVE MILLENNIA.
FROM THE CAVES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA WHERE HOMO SAPIENS FIRST LEFT THEIR MARK, TO THE STEPS OF THE SWEDISH PARLIAMENT WHERE GRETA THUNBERG BEGAN HER CLIMATE STRIKE, THE LOCATIONS AND MOMENTS REPRESENT A PERSONAL AND SUBJECTIVE CARTOGRAPHY AND HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY ES TO INVOKE OUR COLLECTIVE MEMORIES/HISTORY, AND ALSO TO PROVOKE DIALOGUE AND DEBATE.
IT IS NAMED AFTER THE CLASSICAL MNEMONIC TECHNIQUE, ORIGINATING IN ANCIENT GREECE, WHICH CATALOGUES MEMORIES WITHIN FAMILIAR LOCATIONS. ES IDENTIFIES THE ROOMS IN WHICH SIGNIFICANT SHIFTS IN HUMAN THINKING TOOK PLACE AND PLOTS THEM WITHIN IDENTIFIABLE FRAGMENTS OF CITIES AND BUILDINGS TO CREATE A PERSONAL ATLAS OF THE EVOLUTION OF THOUGHT.
CONSTRUCTION: DIAGON
LEAD ASSOCIATE DESIGNER: RUBY WAI YUE LAW
PHOTO CREDIT: PETER MALLET
https://esdevlin.com/
https://www.pitzhanger.org.uk/
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