Time, shaped by memory, unfolds as a narrative in which forgotten experiences constitute the primary plot. To remember is, simultaneously, to forget, as that which is lived survives through time yet escapes consciousness at the very moment of its manifestation. In collaboration with a team of neuroscientists, Les oublis transforms cerebral activity recorded via electroencephalogram (EEG) into a crystallization of oblivion. These data become parameters within a generative system where every value of forgetfulness corresponds to a unit of space: the amount of lost memory determines the curvature of the geometry, allowing the form to grow, retract, or thin out according to the laws of the mind. In this process, the printing process becomes a performance of the machine and a physical translation of amnesic activity: while the brain forgets, the device deposits that which is forgotten into space, transforming every cerebral variation into a gesture inscribed by the material. The final work represents a dialogue between body and system, between the act of forgetting and its mechanical reflection. The sculpture is thus the visible residue of an invisible act, a tangible archive of the complex relationship between mind and machine, between loss and construction.
Neuroscience team: Dr. Davide Sattin, Dr. Marilisa Boscarino, Dr. Christian Lunetta, Dr. Maria Rosaria Argentieri