From Memory. About knowing and forgetting

People remember and people know. But people ‘forget’ also. From Memory deals with the fascination for memory in the worlds of science and art. The exhibition sheds a light on an age-old search: from the medieval art of memory, over the earliest psychological research, to contemporary experiments with artificial intelligence. Artists draw inspiration from memories. From Memory presents medieval treatises, old and modern art, photographs and film excerpts. Memory is a manifestation of human potential, memory disease is one of failure. Libraries, encyclopaedias and the internet are all attempts to collect information and thus help our memories. But are they not doomed to failure? Besides, what is dementia and what is an elephantine memory?

Exhibition catalogue (D/F/E), Lannoo, 192 p., full-colour (with contributions by Christine Van Broeckhoven, Mark Ruyters, Bernard Dewulf, Maja Wolny, Douwe Draaisma a.o.)

Events in the context of the exhibition (symposia, lectures, …) with AZ Sint-Lucas Ghent, Ipsoc-Katho Kortrijk, and other. See: www.museumdrguislain.be

Dirk Van Severen, Marcel Broodthaers, Bernhard & Hilla Becher, Paya Germonprez, Pim van Pagée, Stefaan van Biesen, Diderot en d’Alembert, Robert Devriendt, Arturo Tosi, Peter De Cupere, Joseph Beuys, Hans Op de Beeck, Filip Berte, Mekhitar Garabedian, Sarah Westphal, Karin Hanssen, Veerle Beckers, Lieve Van Stappen, Agnes Maes, Johan De Wilde, Johan Clarysse, Jan Vanriet, Chae Wung Lee, Zhang Dali, Thang Zhigang, Changwon Lee, Anna Baumgart, Hermann Nitsch, Nara Yoshitomo, Gérard Alary, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Johan Van Geluwe, …

Museum Dr. Guislain and Ziekenzorg CM present:

From Memory. About knowing and forgetting

Künstler: Dirk van Severen, Marcel Broodthaers, Bernd und Hilla Becher, Paya Germonprez, Pim van Pagee, Stefaan van Biesen, Diderot en d´Alembert, Robert Devriendt, Arturo Tosi, Peter de Cupere, Joseph Beuys, Hans Op de Beeck, Filip Berte, Mekhitar Garabedian, Sarah Westphal, Karin Hanssen, Veerle Beckers, Lieve van Stappen, Agnes Maes, Johan de Wilde, Johan Clarysse, Jan Vanriet, Chae Wung Lee, Zhang Dali, Thang Zhigang, Changwon Lee, Anna Baumgart, Hermann Nitsch, Nara Yoshitomo, Gerard Alary, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Johan van Geluwe …