What If You Could Explore Their Memories
Promesa invites us to experience another’s memories in a digital world
“You see, I’ve reached an age where I’m trying to make all that I know not slip away”
A dialog between a grandfather and his grandchild. Rather, a monologue, since grandchild is you. This is an immensely important fact. Life is moving along, the time is flowing, the fates are emerging and disappearing in the darkness.
Julián Palacios Gechtman, a visual artist and member of Milan-based multimedia art group Eremo, tells a very personal story in his video game (perhaps it could more accurately be described as a transmedia experience).
You enter dreamlike dioramas and explore the world of memories. Memories from an old man. Memories which are about to vanish — with time, and then with life. These memories are the illuminated places enveloped in endless fog; the space that is not accessible or relevant. It’s the forgotten.
You are ghostlike. No reflection in mirrors, moving through objects, floating from scene-to-scene across a long life.
