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Mi servirebbe conoscere la traduzione di "mnemonic" come sostantivo, in questo contesto...


L. And do you try to work with the process, or structure, of memory in your work? Or does it just provide material for you to transform?
P. In the ancient world there was a division between natural and artificial memory. In my practice the later can be a ***mnemonic***: a fantastic short story created to be recalled in mind during a performance. Or more generally a ***mnemonic*** to have in mind while physically making the work. Let me give an example. A performance of mine form 2007 had the following ***mnemonic***.

[...] In that sense ***mnemonics*** are parallel to the artworks. The example above is for a performance entitled “A Moment of Expression with Electric Guitar”.

L. So you repeat the ***mnemonic*** like a mantra when working? But how do you 'use' it in a performance? In other words, when you say that the ***mnemonic*** is 'for' the performance, what does that 'for' mean, exactly?
P. The “first” form of a ***mnemonic*** is not a text but something seen in your mind – just like a dream, but consciously. While performing, I can recall or think of the story the same way you may remember vividly an experience you shared with someone when seeing this person again. Later, sculptural artworks came out of the ***mnemonics***: they are translations just as the performances are, and all are independent. In the example above it can be a snake-like sculpture. Afterwards real anachronisms take place: I put my own sculptures back into ***mnemonics*** that made me again do new sculptural works.