The photo frames in which our parents and grandparents placed their cherished photographs were objects of great value. They allowed them to preserve and revisit meaningful moments. I refer to these frames as “memory-activating objects.”

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Today, however, we store our memories differently—on computers, smartphones, or hard drives. In this process, the physical object that once activated those memories is often lost.

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“Memorial” is an installation in which I construct a space that evokes a cozy living room. Within this space, visitors can wander through memories with the help of photographs and a system of two-dimensional barcodes (QR codes). In this way, the work reflects on the changes that technology has brought to the way we store and experience memories.

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In this version of the installation, I recreated my own living room using photographs of my family. I selected images from my childhood in which viewers can discover self-portrait videos by scanning the QR codes with their phones. These self-portraits are more intimate, and the viewer can access them privately through their smartphone.

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This installation was presented at the Creative Commons Film Festival at Casa Vecina, Mexico City.