This video shows a corridor-like room without doors or windows. Like a precise clockwork mechanism, a pendulum with a light bulb swings back and forth, alternately illuminating the opposite walls, which are covered with fragments of memory. Floral wallpaper from the parents’ bedroom, a devotional image, a stuffed deer head – relics that at first appear personal and familiar. With each swing of the pendulum, however, the intimacy of the scene tips into a claustrophobic experience and opens up the space for a universal question about repetition and relapse. The room becomes an archive in which biographical and historical elements overlap indistinguishably.
We are part of this time loop, which acts as a mirror of the present. Power struggles, authoritarian shifts, and the resurgence of old ideologies do not appear as new phenomena, but as variations on a familiar pattern. The present seems like an echo of past conflicts, amplified by constant media presence and algorithmic sorting.
What begins as a private memory expands into a question of time and duration: the relationship between forgetting and eternity in a world that stores everything and simultaneously represses it. An AI designs mathematical models for this. Eternity appears as an infinite iteration without a termination condition, forgetting as a limit value that approaches zero without ever reaching it. Neither formula describes a solution, but rather a state of permanent repetition.
This logic continues in the transition to the physical installation. Objects from the video reappear in real space, dissolving the boundary between virtual and physical space. A devotional image of the Christ Child feeding doves and ceramic animal skulls reflect the motifs shown. Individual objects reappear on Polaroids on the wall, including the stuffed deer head. Through this repeated translation between media, things circulate between reality, image, and meaning. Documentation, staging, and ideology become indistinguishable. The space appears both real and constructed – as a symbol of a present in which historical relics, political narratives, and media repetitions create an experience of permanent recurrence.
Probability of ‘forgetting’ (AI-generated)
Explanation of the variables:
P(F): Probability of forgetting. This lies between 0 and 1
M: Memory strength. It describes how well the information is anchored in the memory. A high value for M reduces the probability of forgetting.
R: Relevance. The more relevant information is, the more it is remembered and the less likely it is to be forgotten.
P: Perception. Describes the intensity with which the information is absorbed. A high intensity of perception reduces forgetting.
SM: Mental State. This value influences the ability to perceive and retain information. A high value means a stable mental state and reduces forgetting.
t: Time – Time. The probability of forgetting increases with increasing time.
Interpretation:
This formula is based on an exponential decay model, similar to the model of radioactive decay or other forms of memory loss over time. When memory strength, relevance, perception and psychological state are all high, the value in the exponent is very large, and P of F approaches 0, which means that the probability of forgetting is low. However, as time t increases, the exponent becomes smaller, bringing P(F) closer to 1 – forgetting becomes more likely.
