Frieze Article
Issue 141 September 2011
http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/tell-tales/
Memory itself has changed due to technology and digital media. Seeing imagery repeatedly makes us all think that we have the same memory - when it's just mass imagery that creates this idea of 'collective memory'. It's hard for us to distinguish between what we actually remember, and what we just think we remember because we've seen photos from our childhood. The invention of photography has completely changed memory - especially as it's a very accurate representation of memory. I am interested in this idea of how photography can shape memory, and whether memory itself has changed in recent decades because of the increase in photography, technology and mass media imagery.
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