The second session of Memory Jam was led by Mishka Henner and Antony Hall.

Mishka presented a short history of artist books. We began by ridding our minds about what a book could be. From a book as sculpture, furniture, conceptual art, printed matter, digital data, and all the way to a commentary on how we consume culture.

These seminal works were used as references and a starting point for the creation of Memory Jam’s own publication which seeks to integrate the physical (printed zine) and the virtual (digital artworks).

After an activity where we brainstormed in smaller groups, we brought ideas that could be applied for our zine project to a larger discussion. We explored concepts of memory and how it relates to time, memory loss, disintegration, instability, disappearance, distortion, destruction, connection, interconnection, etc.

During Antony’s workshop we experimented with augmented reality and placement of 3D virtual objects (that we had previously scanned) into the real world.

This project was made possible with support from the British Council.

Special thanks to Fondacioni 17 for lending us the space at Rezidenca17.