I believe with all my heart that both true stories and mythomaniac words are equally significant and senseless. However, others apparently do not see it that way, which I realized only after I became a grown-up. It made me panic a bit, so I sought to justify my perspective and I gradually developed a hypothesis. In short, I think it could be explained like thisc We live in an inescapable structure where all events are repeatedly experienced across time and space. A specific event that hasnft happened to me until today may have happened to someone else. It may happen to me tomorrow. Even if I never confirm this possibility in my lifetime, I still know what that event entails. Why? Because there are countless events that hold a meaning nearly identical to that particular event, and Ifve already experienced one of those alternative versions. This structure forces us to participate in the collective memory, and our personal memories cannot escape its interference. Life is built by various different events connected with each other, and the uniqueness of each personal history is ensured only through the countless combinations of those recurring scenes. In the end, all stories converge into a limited number of patterns. In other words, the details of each story are interchangeable. And probably, even its characters, including myself, are replaceable. If thatfs the case, does it really matter who the storyteller is? Because my series of mythomaniac words should bear a certain trueness for someone else\it thus holds the same value as any true story. All kinds of bugs and distortions generated through the repetitive formation and fabrication of stories, and various harmful effects caused by the cached data accumulated in the memory inside our brain\how do these things affect our everyday lives? I am extremely interested in this. To make its mechanism visible, I conduct various experiments and occasionally present the results in the form of exhibitions. 13th September 2024 While drinking Zinne bir at Le Pantin, Brussels. Version 2020 |