MAYANA NASYBULLOVA

Unfortunately, human memory is limited. It focuses on just the institutions that relate directly to itself, such as schools, universities, weddings, everyday life, children, etc. At the same time, the memory of electronic devices is increasing rapidly. There is a divergence between human and electronic memories.

A collective memory is a complicated system. Since childhood, we have remembered the key events of World War I and World War II. On the other hand, we don’t remember the events that occurred 10 years ago. The wars, political persecutions, and massive protests are fading in human memory. Abbreviations, names, and events lose their meanings and become simulacres.

The human memory acts strangely when the bad things are forgotten and we remember just positive events and facts. Consequently, the good things remain and the ones that are so meaningful for us. In doing so, we are at risk of being forgotten tomorrow.
The speed of our forgetting is fatal, and the project aims to save historical artifacts. There are many events, such as totalitarianism, war, dead dictators, and nightmares. The ones that are impossible to remember and impermissible to forget.

Amber saved historical events such as natural objects that were kept in amber for dozens of millions of years. By using synthetic materials, we don’t need to wait so much anymore. The set goal of the project is to save the memory of a changing and fading reality. Our reality consists of the object’s world and the virtual. Another meaning is to save the Internet in synthetic, unnatural amber.