Ars Electronica Festival · 2007
The Caretaker - theoretically pure anterograde amnesia
by James Kirby
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2007
James Kirby's “The Caretaker - theoretically pure anterograde amnesia” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2007, category Digital Musics & Sound Art.
theoretically pure anterograde amnesia Retrograde amnesia is a form of amnesia where someone will be unable to recall events that occurred before the onset of amnesia. The term is used to categorize patterns of symptoms, rather than to indicate a particular cause or etiology.
About James Kirby
The Caretaker is the work of James Kirby (UK), who recalls dusty and forgotten memories, echoes and vibrations from the past, using recordings from the 1920s and 1930s era of ballroom music as source.
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