Exploration of memory as a form of representation
and works of art especially concerned with memory.
Interdisciplinary approach to the concept of
memory: How art might help us understand the
process by which memories are not merely recalled
or retrieved, but assembled and constructed in a
complex and mediated process of representation.
Beginning with memory in classical antiquity and
medieval European culture, ending with meditations
on memory in contemporary art. Some areas of focus
will include memory and the body; image and text;
trauma; public memorials; who gets remembered and
who does not; the "accuracy" of memory; the
history of art as a practice of memory (sometimes
damaging).
and works of art especially concerned with memory.
Interdisciplinary approach to the concept of
memory: How art might help us understand the
process by which memories are not merely recalled
or retrieved, but assembled and constructed in a
complex and mediated process of representation.
Beginning with memory in classical antiquity and
medieval European culture, ending with meditations
on memory in contemporary art. Some areas of focus
will include memory and the body; image and text;
trauma; public memorials; who gets remembered and
who does not; the "accuracy" of memory; the
history of art as a practice of memory (sometimes
damaging).
- Teacher: Benjamin David
- Teacher: Erica Jensen