MEMO
How can memory be composed and visualized? MEMO is a media art project takign place in so-called highway churches. This typology is defined by churches and chapels located maximum 1km distance to a highway. The project has been established by musicians Lukas Schäfer and Luis Weiß (alias Betonklang) in collaboration with artist and architect Nathalie Brum. From June 28 to July 08, 2024, the highway and cycling church St. Paul Wittlich becomes a creative site of remembrance.
A modified telephone - the MEMOphone - was programmed especially for this project and has been installed in the church ahead of the exhibition, inviting visitors and residents of the nearby senior home to record memories and reflections. These audio messages form the core of a sound and video installation. Traces, memories, fragments of the past—intimate material from the local community—flow directly into the artistic process.
Audiovisual Installation for Highway Churches
St. Paul Wittlich, June 28 – July 09, 2024
St. Paul Wittlich, June 28 – July 09, 2024
Foto: Philip Kistner
The co-called MEMOphone as a voice recording item. Photo: Philip Kistner
visuals Nathalie Brum
sound installation betonklang alias Lukas Schäfer und Luis Weiß
live-performance Nathalie Brum und betonklang
Funded by
Kreisverwaltung Bernkastel Wittlich, Verein Ausstellungshaus für christliche Kunst e.V., Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland, Bonifatius Werk, Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Wittlich, Stiftung GLAUBEN LEBEN, Stiftung Stadt Wittlich, HEAD-Genuit Stiftung, Pfarrei im Wittlicher Tal St. Anna, Andere Zeiten e.V.
all photographs by Philip Kistner