Leteo & MnemosineAlthough our society is afraid of forgetting, it plays a crucial role in the construction of significant memories, and in the singular definition of our individual and collective identity. This work aims to face the pain that forgetting causes, and understand its crucial role as a duty of the present, because it is the only condition able to prevent the past from becoming a fetish that devours the future. Parts: (I) Serie of Photographies that tries to reflect the failure of man's struggle against time, against forgetting and death. (II) Essay which aims to analyze and empower the role of forgetting. “Llevar a cabo el elogio del olvido no implica vilipendiar la memoria, y mucho menos aún ignorar el recuerdo, sino reconocer el trabajo del olvido en la primera y detectar su presencia en el segundo.” Marc Augé. El proyecto consta de dos partes:(I) Serie fotográfica que trata de reflejar el fracaso de la lucha del hombre contra el tiempo, contra el olvido y la muerte. (II) Ensayo que pretende analizar y empoderar la figura del Olvido. PDF about the proyect download (Spanish)
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