matter and memory

2 moscow biennale of contemporary art / art center winzavod / 3 march 2007 — 1 april 2007
the title “matter & memory” refers to the well-known work by henry bergson which came into this world at the turn of the 20th century. today, when art once again encounters key issues of self-reproduction and the reinvention of its own principles under conditions of a sharply changing reality, young artists feel that the future can emerge from the unused possibilities of the past. if there is no better world beyond discourse networks, this does not mean that it is impossible to imagine one on a kind of nano-level: between artistic communities, in the relations of the artist towards their environment, in the simple acts of human communication. “matter & memory” is a step towards network interface that contains personal blogs as well as public forums: activity in a present time and an intense search for what perhaps later will become the future past of the present.