Matter and Memory, 2016-2017

Matter and Memory is a series of limited edition prints that serves both as a tribute to Henri Bergson’s eponymous essay (as well as to the influence of Bergsonian ontology on twentieth-century art and thought) and as a continuation of my research on the nature of living systems, which I have pursued since 2004 with the Quasi-Objects cycle.

By focusing on the processual/“vitalistic” aspect of nature—the reality of change and motion—this work offers an alternative to the dangers of reification. In this direction, Matter and Memory aims to investigate the space-time-matter relationship (the indeterminacy of matter) through the visualization of intermovemental states, and through the synchronous representation of continuous multiplicity: temporalized space – spatialized temporality.

The edition, printed with pigment-based inks on “Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308” paper, is limited to 3 + 1 AP.

Please note: the works featured on this page are a selection from the series. Images of all the works and further information about the project are available upon request.

Year : 2016-2017
Tech Specs : Archival Pigment-Based Inks, Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, 40×28 cm, Edition of 3 + 1 AP
Copy & Credits : Lorenzo Oggiano