non-syntax Experimental Image

non-syntax |

non-syntax begins by focusing on the experimental nature of images in the contemporary, linking practices across countries, reorganizing existing media and genres, and bringing different images into dialogue with each other to consider the possibilities of the image.

memothod |

Notes, letters, scrapbooks—all objects marked with traces belong to some form of memorabilia, foreseeing the inevitable forgetfulness. They are limited, transient memories, while also bearing witness to the continuous move of time. Amidst these jotting notes, they lack complete detailed record-keeping but tend towards attempts at "how not to forget," representing both resistance to and acceptance of the destined oblivion. However, it is within these fragmented remnants that discoveries of transitions from reality to consciousness and understanding of time itself can be made. Additionally, memorabilia can also become a method of projecting imaginations occurring in the present but directed toward the future, distinct from archival constructions, gathering the individual's chance encounters with the world, and even presenting subjective memories of events and anticipations of potential forgetfulness.

In 2024, non-syntax will take "memothod" as the exhibition's theme, viewing various forms of "memos" as an exploration into the edge of personal memory. We aim to clarify our thoughts on time through collection, description, or the overlapping of continuous rewriting. We also focus on various media and tools for storing sensory impressions, exploring diverse methods of memorabilia development through intuitive technological operations. Memorabilia, both imagines forgetfulness within records and repeatedly generates the uncategorizability of memory through collecting, allowing us to return to the uncertain existence of things and to the state of continuous difference.