The Imperfect Room of Imperfect Memory

“The Imperfect Room of Imperfect Memory” is a multimedia installation that explores the nature and fragility of nostalgia and memory. Drawing from the artist’s personal fascination with and struggle against nostalgia, the work invites viewers into a layered sensory environment: a set-like room composed of looping videos of 3D-scanned spaces displayed on a CRT monitor, in unison with personal stories broadcast on a nearby radio—each linked to the environments being shown. The “Room” itself is assembled from carefully selected pieces of old furniture, juxtaposed with printed-out artifacts found within the 3D scans of the artist’s past. These printed objects are blurry, pixelated, and hold no tactile resemblance to what they represent or what they physically rest against. They appear disconnected from the space around them—glitchy, unrendered fragments from a dream or a fading memory—inviting the viewer to interpret them as visual metaphors for forgetting, distortion, and emotional distance. Visitors are invited to sit in an armchair facing the CRT monitor, flanked by an old radio, and stay for as long as they like. The heart of the installation is a set of looping videos of four different 3D-scanned rooms from the artist’s past—spaces like his grandparents’ childhood home and the attic of his own. Each video is paired with an accompanying story broadcast over the radio, written by the artist and narrated by different voices—family members and close friends—each connected to the room being depicted. The stories were recorded via phone calls, a deliberate choice that adds a layer of grainy intimacy and emotional distance, underscoring the work’s central themes of nostalgia, memory, and the fading clarity of personal history.