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Santiago Tenorio

Santiago Tenorio

MEMORIES: DISTORTED IMAGES OF THE PAST

I am exploring the nature of visual memory distortion from a scientific as well as an artistic perspective. In particular, the way in which a common concept – or visual mental representation, for that matter – is abstracted from distinct episodic memories, is investigated. A computer model that simulates and visually illustrates this phenomenon of memory convergence was designed. The diagrammatic representation of the digitally rendered “snap-shots” generated by the model is juxtaposed to my own artistic investigation into the phenomenon of memory distortion.

SECTOR A: Philosophy & Science of Seeing

ADVISERS: Russel Epstein | Sharka Hyland