Editor Ian Farr discusses the diverse roles of memory in art practice and theory from early modernism to the present, on the occasion of the Whitechapel Gallery’s latest Documents of Contemporary Art book. With video documentation of Stan Douglas’ Inconsolable Memories. This event launched Memory, the latest title in the Documents of Contemporary Art series, published by Whitechapel Gallery and The MIT Press. With thanks to Stan Douglas and Victoria Miro Gallery.
Memory
Marlene Creates
For over thirty-five years her work has been an exploration of the relationship between human experience, memory, language and the land, and the impact they have on each other.
Janete Cardiff & George Bures Miller
Chris Marker
Andrea Wolf
Sculptural instillations often involving video and images dealing with issues of memory & family.