"Memories of Green" is not only a musical milestone in the history of cinema (Vangelis for Blade Runner), but refers to a specific character named Rachael in the story of The Bladerunner (1974) by Alan Edward Nourse. Rachael is the most evolved 'surrogate'; she is capable of expressing and feeling human emotions. And she also, importantly, received implanted memories of a childhood never lived. The paradox that arises, highlights an unusual aspect of subjective perception. To what extent are our memories real? Things that we remember: did they really happen or are they simply the sum of a set of data that we’ve acquired, virtually or physically in our past? The memory of Rachael consists of both episodes of life never lived (childhood) but also to other recent events, chronicling the life of the surrogate. And like the character of Rachael, even we are subject to similar experiences, often when a memory is triggered one adds a series of suggestions that may be personal, emotional or circumstantial. "Memories of Green" (the exhibition) will tell exactly that: my memory. (Excerpt taken from an interview with Eloise Ghioni, by Andrew Smaldone).
Opening: Wednesday, February 13th, 18.30-20.30
Date of the exhibition: from February 13th to March 7th
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SRISA Gallery of Contemporary Art
c/o Santa Reparata International School of Art
Via San Gallo 53r, Florence Italy
055-462-7374, gallery@srisa.org