The Mnemonic Mirror

Overview

Everyone stares at screens these days instead of talking. No one remembers trivia because they can just look it up online. Handwriting looks like chicken scratch because we're so accustomed to typing. Future generations will never own a standalone calculator or alarm clock.

They're some of the common criticisms levelled at our technology heavy world these days; however, one thing is definitely changing: our memories. Pics or it didn't happen is also a way for us to record and catalogue our lives, rather than burn them into our brains.

At the Queensland College of Art from December 8 until March 11 (excluding a seasonal break between December 11 and February 1), The Mnemonic Mirror will contemplate this subject, as well as other ways in which we try to remember. 12 artists offer their take on the topic, exploring the past, communicating the issues of the future and questioning both the good and bad repercussions.