How does memory influence what we see? What part does technology play in shaping both how we see and what we remember?  Informed by scientific research and inspired by historical developments in media technology, FACT presents a new exhibition exploring the relationship between vision, memory and media.

Persistence of Vision brings together the multimedia work of eight contemporary artists that
repurposes image technologies, such as cameras, slide projectors, magnifying glasses and
mirrors, to playfully review and re-imagine how our memories are stored and revived.
19th and 20th century inventions, such as photography, film, TV, and the Internet, allowed
society to capture, store and recall people, objects, places and events as never before.
Persistence of Vision examines the role of digital cameras, camera phones and social media
in prompting a new global, near-instant and virtually unlimited sharing of visual memories.
The exhibition touches upon the ubiquity of certain images and the way governments and
media exercise control over which images make up our individual and collective memories.

Austrian artist Gebhard Sengmüller’s presents a photo series showing the large electro magnets which are used in broadcasting companies to instantly erase the content of audio and videotapes. According to Sengmüller, “these
machines represent a mechanical/industrial form of “forgetting”. Sengmüller works in media art and is based in Vienna.  His work has been shown extensively in Europe, the US and Japan at venues inculding Ars Electronica Linz, the Venice Biennale and the Institute of Contemporary Arts London.