Installations by László Kerekes often reflected the concept of recycling memory, a key element of his art. László described it as follows:
Recycling memory is the maxim of my work and the principle my art is related to. The Art Programs are organized as open systems, that is, I intend my art to reflect the most important technological principle of the future, which is necessary for the survival of mankind and the conservation of the environment and natural resources.
Recycling memory is fundamentally concerned with recollection. Human life is realized through the experience of memory between two points of time. In my art I don’t give documentary interpretations of the past, therefore I don’t employ the past in an exemplifying manner. Instead I use elements and materials from the patterns of memory through a process of recycling.
Memory in this sense is not concerned with the past, but with presence and future.
László Kerekes (1993). Text also available in German and Hungarian.
Below follows an overview of selected installations by László Kerekes. To access information on the installations, press the button under each picture, to be linked to the original description prepared by László.
