Ars Memoriae, The Art to Remember analyzes the role of art within the larger history and evolution of external memory devices. It looks at material traces of remembering and the invention of an ever-changing body of language expressions, like signs and symbols, to enhance communication capabilities. I followed the process of externalizing emotions, knowledge, and information, starting in the Paleolithic Stone Age about 3 million years ago, until, in a speculative future, it will be internalized again using artificial wetware, neuro-computers, and DNA coding.

Main supervisor: Eamon O'Kane / Secondary supervisor: Anke Bangma / External advisors: Oulimata Gueye, Augustin F.-C. Holl, Jan Zalasiewicz