The O2 Memory Project is an installation by Jason Bruges Studio that was situated on the Southbank London last weekend and will be touring to Edinburgh (25th April) and then to Liverpool (3rd May). The work explores the temporary nature of our digital memories, drawing on the theme of ‘nothing is lost’.
“Commissioned by O2 and inspired by Bluebook, a service that saves contacts and automatically stores photos and texts for O2 customers, The Memory Project is an interactive installation piece conceived to prompt thought and discussion around how we capture and store digital memories”.
Physically reminiscent of a Victorian cyclorama, The Memory Project is a 10 foot high cylinder with eleven cameras placed equidistance around its perimeter. Each of these cameras takes a picture in sequence every five seconds, creating a 360 degree, digital panorama of the outside location very minute. Animated lights on The Memory Project’s exterior shell signal when each camera is about to take a shot.
These images are then transmitted to giant screens on the structure’s interior. Visitors can venture inside to view and interact with the images via thermal images cameras. These cameras allow visitors to ‘direct’ which images are displayed – moving to shift the displayed images back and forwards in time, interacting with the location’s memories with ‘Minority Report’ style gestures.
Simultaneously, the Memory Project has a significant online element. All the panoramic images taken are time-coded and instantly uploaded to the www.o2memoryproject.com where they can be viewed as ‘memory rings’ – unique 360 degree images that can be scrolled through. Website by Lessrain who wrote about the development here.
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Videos
A great video from BBC News
Concept explanation from Jason Bruges
Visitor recorded movie
Timelapse of the setup
Top photos by Ken Lennox.
Bottom photos by Dominic Harris.
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