Memory Fade Synopsis

11 a.m., Saturday, October 1, 2011   

Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton Room,   55 York Blvd.

free admission to Memory Fade screening.

Contact   905-529-3355 or irene@hamiltonartistsinc.

“Memory Fade” 2009, 36 minutes, Carl Brown

Memory Fade

Carl Brown’s characteristic use of saturated colour is showcased in Memory Fade, his latest masterpiece, exquisitely crafted.

Employing his transformative alchemical techniques, Carl explores issues of memory fade – the phenomenon wherein exposure to a traumatic event is progressively forgotten. Through a separation of colours, dissolution of the self is symbolized in fittingly eidetic media imagery. An over-medicated society contributes to the “cyclic emptying of tragic events”, of which memory fade is an overt symptom.

Processed media images keep time to a spectral dance, not lost in this powerful film, but preserved eternally. Accompanied by an original composition by media artist Dan Browne.

Memory Fade made its world debut in Paris at the Georges Pompidou Centre, before screening at the Jeu de Paume: Recontres Internationales Paris /Berlin /Madrid.

Josephine Massarella

Memory Fade is presented in partnership with the Hamilton Artists Inc.,  Hamilton Public Library and the Art Gallery of Hamilton as part of the World Film Festival.

This event and symposium are supported  by the Canada Council for the Arts.