"memory" is an ongoing exploration of the self. Through imagery the artist engages in self documentation of his own life — with a focus on various themes of the self.

He’s feeling
alone and distracted
Seeking connection in a new environment.

Love
Love lost

A hometown
A foreign environment

Total disregard of the self
Loss of control

Only in hindsight is one able to self-reflect on these burdens. To understand them and their performative nature. How do we really feel?

The image tells the true story of:
Abandonment
Loneliness
Suffering
Addiction
Complete emptiness

Love
Friendship
Happiness
Connection
Meaning
Passion

The goal of this project is to simply document one’s life — to build an archive of information and details that in time the mind will surely dismiss, not to suppress these memories, griefs, or joys, but to explore them internally and externally through presentation on this site. The body freezes and the mind speeds up, and these thoughts resurface. A simple self-portrait of a man, a short self-reflection of a time in this character's life —

A time when things were unfeigned yet misunderstood.

Memory Project Photo
mateo antonio martinez
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