Collective exhibition with: Félix Blume (France), Emma Bruschi (France), Liselot Cobelens (Netherlands), Collider x The Monkeys (Australia),  dach&zephir (France), Roberta Di Cosmo (Italy), Cian Dayrit & Cla Ruzol (The Philippines),  Alexis Foiny (France), Suzanne Husky (France / USA), Simone Kenyon & Lucy Cash (United Kingdom), Fernando Laposse (Mexico), Sally Ann McIntyre (New-Zealand), Neve Insular (Cabo Verde) , Bubu Ogisi / I A M I S I G O (Nigeria),  Yesenia Thibault-Picazo (France),

Concept & Curatorship: d-o-t-s (Laura Drouet & Olivier Lacrouts)
Scenography: Olivier Vadrot
Graphic Design: WIP office
Co-produced with CID Grand-Hornu, Belgium

The exhibition Memo. Remembering the Futures showcases the work of European and non-Western artists and designers, questioning the impact of human activities on ecosystems through the lens of memory.

This project, curated by Laura Drouet and Olivier Lacrouts (d-o-t-s), was inspired by the paradoxical announcement at COP27 by the government of Tuvalu (Oceania) to fully digitize the country to preserve its memory and culture. Facing submersion by 2050 due to rising sea levels, Tuvalu is set to become the world’s first digital nation.

By documenting and interpreting ongoing anthropic perturbations, these 15 projects offer various responses to counteract the modification and loss of landscapes, biotopes, and species, which are integral to our sensorial and gestural memory, and thus our humanity.

This exploration of different ways to preserve traces of disappearing cultures and safeguard multispecific memories unfolds through multisensory installations (involving scents, sounds, performances, etc.) and archive materials. These works act as memory triggers, encouraging us to remember and, more importantly, to act.