Memory Processing Unit (2021)
download linkHow does our memory work? How does computer memory work? Can we represent our memory’s biased, easily influenced nature to a computer? These are all questions I had while creating the Memory Processing Unit (MPU).
Originally, this project was centered around a single video I made during my foundation year. The video was made with the prompt of a “Self Portrait Without Yourself”. The result was a video that centered around my life at home, sharing a room with my sister. I wanted to revisit that video because it was made during the same time of year as I would be making this work in 2021. I wanted whatever result came out of revisiting that video to be my output and my finished product.
In a turn of events, I found myself creating a system that became more and more intricate as the time went on. This system was originally a second thought, a means to an end for the output I wanted. However, during a demonstration of my work in progress, I realized how important this system was to my goal of refabricating my own memories and mediating them through a computer system. This shifted my view from this being a project about a video I created in my first year, to a system that I would like to apply to future projects and to share amongst other people so they can generate their own content, however that may look.
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